evidence: Number of Americans without health insurance rises in 2024, breaking streak of record-low figures More than 8% of Americans did not have health insurance during the first months of 2024, according to new survey findings published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breaking a streak of record-low uninsured rates following the COVID-19 pandemic. [...] Recent estimates by the Congressional Budget Office have also forecast that the U.S. uninsured rate would worsen over the coming years. In addition to the end of pandemic-era insurance policies, the CBO's modelers pointed to a surge in immigration as another factor that would likely drive up uninsured rates.