BY JESSIE HELLMANN - 09/10/19
10:47 AM EDT 1,128
The
number of people without health insurance jumped by 2 million from 2017 to a
total of 27.5 million in 2018, according to census data release Tuesday.
It’s
the first time the census survey reported an increase in the number of people
without insurance since 2009, before ObamaCare took effect and vastly
expanded coverage.
The
total uninsured rate increased to 8.5 percent in 2018 from 7.9 percent in 2017.
Census
officials said the increase was mostly driven by a drop in the number of
people, including kids, covered by public programs like Medicaid.
The
number of children without insurance also increased from 2017 to 2018 by 0.6
percent.
Kids
living in the South were more likely to be uninsured than children living in
other parts of the U.S.
Between
2017 and 2018, the uninsured rate for children living in the South increased by
1.2 percentage points to 7.7 percent
Hispanic
children were more likely to not have insurance.
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