Private Health Coverage of Working-Age Adults Drops From Early 2019 to Early 2021

Employment-based health insurance declines for working-age adults during pandemic. Learn more in this America Counts story.

America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers Private health insurance coverage declined for working-age adults ages 19 to 64 from early 2019 to early 2021, when the nation experienced the COVID-19 pandemic. A report released earlier this week primarily examines health insurance coverage in the United States in calendar year 2020. However, the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) also measures current coverage, or health insurance coverage held at the time of the survey interview. Although this measure cannot predict coverage in a given calendar year, it offers a snapshot of health insurance coverage early in the year when CPS ASEC data are collected. Read More In 2020, 4.3 million children under the age of 19 — 5.6% of all children — were without health coverage for the entire calendar year, according to a recently released report. While this was not statistically different from the percentage of children who were uninsured in 2018, a closer analysis reveals that the changes in uninsured status between 2018 and 2020 affected children in poverty more than those living above the poverty level. Read More Help us spread the word about America Counts. Share this story on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This 2020 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance The Census Bureau announced earlier this week that median household income in 2020 decreased 2.9% between 2019 and 2020, and the official poverty rate increased 1.0 percentage point. Meanwhile the percentage of people with health insurance coverage for all or part of 2020 was 91.4%. An estimated 8.6% of people, or 28.0 million, did not have health insurance at any point during 2020, according to the 2021 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). Learn More About America Counts America Counts tells the stories behind the numbers in a new inviting way. It features stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, economy, emergency management, health, population, income and poverty. Contact our Public Information Office for media inquiries or interviews. Don't miss an America Counts story! Subscribe here.

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