Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People
The Commonwealth Fund on Tuesday released a survey of working-age Americans that found that 15.5 percent were estimated to lack health insurance coverage as of February and March 2018. That’s up from 12.7 percent of that group in 2016.
Uninsured rates were also up significantly among adults living in the 19 states, including Georgia, that have not expanded their Medicaid programs, the survey found.
One of five adults living in the South were uninsured, up from 16 percent in 2016, the Commonwealth Fund survey found. Adults were uninsured at a higher rate in Southern states than they were in the Northeast, Midwest and West. The survey of 2,400 adults did not give a state-by-state breakdown of the uninsured...