CBO: After Historic Lows, Uninsured Rate Will Rise Due To Immigration, Expired ACA Subsidies, Medicaid Disenrollments

The uninsured rate could climb to 8.9% by 2034, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, attributing the rise to a surge in immigration, the expiration of enhanced marketplace insurance subsidies after 2025 and the unwinding of the pandemic-era protections for Medicaid enrollees -- though analysts now expect fewer beneficiaries than previously expected will lose coverage due to the unwinding. CBO also expects Medicare to grow from 60 million to 74 million by 2034 and two-thirds of beneficiaries will be in...