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CDC: Uninsured Rate Holds at 8% Amid Reform Risks

5/29/2026

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CDC’s 2025 survey shows the uninsured rate stayed at 8 percent, unchanged from 2024.
The survey added about 800,000 uninsured, including 300,000 children.
Among adults 18-64, 11.6 percent were uninsured, 21 percent had public coverage, and 69 percent private insurance.
President Donald Trump’s Medicaid reforms and the loss of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits are expected to raise the uninsured count; the Congressional Budget Office projects about 14 million more uninsured by 2034.

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Story summary

CDC’s 2025 survey shows the uninsured rate stayed at 8 percent, unchanged from 2024.
The survey added about 800,000 uninsured, including 300,000 children.
Among adults 18-64, 11.6 percent were uninsured, 21 percent had public coverage, and 69 percent private insurance.
President Donald Trump’s Medicaid reforms and the loss of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits are expected to raise the uninsured count; the Congressional Budget Office projects about 14 million more uninsured by 2034.