Survey: Uninsured Rate Increasing Due To Action From Trump Administration

The uninsured rate among adults has increased significantly since 2016, surging from 12.7 percent to 15.5 percent over the past two years, due mainly to actions by the Trump administration to weaken the Affordable Care Act, according to survey results released Tuesday (May 1) by the Commonwealth Fund. The survey also found that 9 percent of adults plan to drop their insurance coverage because of the repeal of individual mandate penalty beginning in January 2019. The uninsured rate increased by...