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Unwinding Watch: Tracking Medicaid Coverage as Pandemic Protections End

May 3, 2024

Our “Unwinding Watch” highlights key developments as states resume determinations on people’s Medicaid eligibility. Previously, the pandemic-related “continuous coverage” requirement safeguarded this coverage for millions of people.

Health Coverage Rates Vary Widely Across — and Within — Racial and Ethnic Groups

May 9, 2024

Statement

In Pandemic’s Second Year, Government Policies Helped Drive Child Poverty Rate to a Record Low, Cut Uninsured Rate, New Census Data Show

September 13, 2022

Chart Book

Chart Book: Accomplishments of Affordable Care Act

March 19, 2019

Blog

Record Numbers of People Chose ACA Marketplace Coverage for 2024

January 25, 2024 | Jennifer Sullivan

Blog

6 Months Into Georgia Pathways Program, Over 400,000 People Still Lack Health Coverage; Expanding Medicaid Would Improve Access for Low-Income Georgians

January 25, 2024 | Laura Harker

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Blog

New Report Highlights Wide Differences in Health Coverage Rates Across — and Within — Racial and Ethnic Groups

May 9, 2024

Report

Entering Their Second Decade, Affordable Care Act Coverage Expansions Have Helped Millions, Provide the Basis for Further Progress

March 25, 2024

Blog

Women Face Large Coverage Losses, Especially in Non-Expansion States, if Enhanced Premium Assistance Expires

July 15, 2022

Report

Health Premiums Will Rise Steeply for Millions if Rescue Plan Tax Credits Expire

May 26, 2022

Report

Marketplaces Poised for Further Gains as Open Enrollment Begins

October 29, 2021

Report

Administration Should Act to Expand and Improve Health Coverage

January 15, 2021

Policy Basics

We track health insurance coverage trends, and we work with federal and state policymakers and private advocates to expand coverage, especially for people with low and moderate incomes.

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Experts

Gideon Lukens

Accurately Evaluating Marketplace Enrollment

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final count of people selecting health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual marketplace for 2021 is expected soon after...

Health Insurance Coverage Losses Since 2016 Widespread

The number and share of Americans without health insurance coverage rose for the third straight year in 2019, recent American Community Survey (ACS) data show, despite three years of strong economic...

Uninsured Rate Rose Again in 2019, Further Eroding Earlier Progress

The number and share of Americans without health insurance coverage rose for the third consecutive year in 2019, according to data released today from the American Community Survey...

Uninsured Rate Rose in 2019; Income and Poverty Data Overtaken by Pandemic Recession

Income rose and poverty declined in 2019, but the number of Americans without health insurance increased for the third consecutive year despite a growing...

House Bill Would Help Millions Get Health Coverage, Cut Costs for Millions More

The House is expected to vote today on a bill that would lead 4 million people to gain health coverage, the Congressional Budget Office estimates, while making coverage more affordable for at least...

Children’s Uninsured Rate Rose for Second Straight Year in 2018

The uninsured rate among children rose for the second straight year in 2018 to 5.2 percent, up from 2016’s historic low of 4.7 percent, a new report from Georgetown University’s Center for...

Census: Health Coverage Progress Eroded in 2018

The share of Americans without health insurance rose from 7.9 percent in 2017 to 8.5 percent in 2018, the Census Bureau’s new Current Population Survey (CPS) data show — the first increase since...

Greenstein: More Americans Uninsured, Though Progress on Poverty Continues

The official poverty rate fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2018 and median income remained statistically unchanged. But the number and share of Americans without health insurance took a turn...

What to Look for in Next Week’s Census Figures on Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance

On September 10, the Census Bureau will release its official statistics on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage in 2018. Three points are worth noting in advance of the...

For ACA’s 9th Anniversary, CBPP Examines Options to Further Expand Coverage

Nine years after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on March 23, 2010, the uninsured rate remains at a historic low and more than 20 million people have gained coverage — but...

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