The number of American citizens without health insurance coverage has hit an all-time low, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
In the first quarter of 2020 ended March, the country’s uninsured rate fell to 8 percent, based on data from an Aug. 2 HHS report. Since 2020, around 5.2 million Americans, including 4.1 million adults between the ages of 18 and 64, have gained health coverage. Among children aged up to 17 years, 1 million got coverage.
The report credited the “significant gains” in health insurance coverage in 2021 and 2022 to the Biden administration’s policies. Between late 2020 and early 2022, uninsured rates among adults declined, from 14.5 percent to 11.8 percent, while that for children fell, from 6.4 percent to 3.7 percent….