Uninsured

Coronavirus & The Uninsured

Access to Care
Key Facts About The Uninsured
This issue brief describes how coverage has changed in recent years, examines the characteristics of the uninsured population, and summarizes the access and financial implications of not having coverage.
COVID-19
What Issues Will Uninsured People Face with Testing and Treatment for COVID-19?
Nearly 28 million people in the U.S. lack health insurance. They will likely face unique barriers accessing COVID-19 testing and treatment. And those who contract COVID-19 and need medical care will likely receive large medical bills, even if they have low incomes and are unable to pay.
Health Centers
Impact of Coronavirus on Community Health Centers
Community health centers are contributing to the coronavirus response by testing and triaging patients and reducing the burden on hospitals. At the same time, like other outpatient health care providers, health centers are having to adjust to stay-at-home orders, drops in patient visits for non-essential health care, and workforce challenges.

Who are The uninsured?

DISPARITIES
Key Facts on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity
Data on demographics; health coverage, access, and utilization; and health status by race and ethnicity provides insight into the status of health disparities and changes since implementation of the ACA.
Primer
The Uninsured: A Primer
The uninsured rate declined to a historic low by 2016 under the ACA, but the number of uninsured people has been rising again recently.
Issue Brief
Community Health Centers in a Time of Change: Results from an Annual Survey
With health centers playing an important role in the response to the coronavirus pandemic, findings from the KFF/Geiger Gibson 2019 Community Health Center Survey provide important information on health centers’ financial situation and their experiences in a changing policy environment.
Expanding Medicaid
How Many Uninsured Adults Could Be Reached If All States Expanded Medicaid?
About 4.7 million uninsured adults could gain eligibility for Medicaid by 2021 if the 14 remaining non-expansion states were to expand Medicaid. That includes 2.8 million adults who were uninsured prior to the pandemic and would fall in the “coverage gap,” as well as 1.9 million more who are at risk of losing nsurance due to job loss in the pandemic and would end up in the coverage gap.