Medicaid, Individual, and Employer Coverage Grew Under the Affordable Care Act; Uninsurance Fell

Rates of health insurance coverage and uninsurance by type (age 0-64), 2013–2023

Stacked area chart showing health insurance coverage trends from 2013 to 2023. Employer, Medicaid, and individual coverage increased, while CHIP remained steady. Uninsurance rates decreased.
Rates of uninsurance (or health insurance coverage type) for the total non-institutionalized population age 0-64. Respondents are asked about their health insurance coverage at the time of the interview and may select multiple types of coverage. SHADAC's primary source of coverage hierarchy is applied to assign one coverage type to each respondent. If multiple sources of coverage were reported for an observation, primary source of coverage was assigned in the following order: 1) Medicare (for people age 19 or older); 2) employer-sponsored insurance (ESI), TRICARE or other military health care, or VA; 3) Medicaid; 4) Individual coverage; and 5) Medicare (for people age 18 or under). Data for 2020 were not officially released by the U.S. Census Bureau due to pandemic-related disruptions to data collection and resulting problems with data quality.
Chart: Robert Hest, MPPSource: SHADAC analysis of the American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files.Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper