CBO: Uninsurance Rate Hits Record Low, But 6.2M Set To Lose Medicaid

The country’s uninsurance rate will hit a record low of 8.3%, buoyed by the pandemic-era pause on Medicaid eligibility determinations that recently restarted and the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, but is expected to bounce back to 10.1% by 2033 -- though that is still lower than the 12% uninsurance rate in 2019, according to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of the insurance rates for most adults which was published Wednesday (May 24) in Health Affairs . CBO...