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More than 26 million Americans lacked health insurance in the first six months of 2024 , CDC says.
The uninsured are mostly low-income adults under age 65 , and people of color, and most live in the South and West .
The U.S. is the only wealthy country where a substantial number of people lack health insurance to nearly a century of pushback against universal coverage.
KFF Health News is documenting this moment, the first explicit rollback of health coverage since the advent of the modern U.S. health system in the early 20th century .
Despite decades of policies designed to increase access to care, the very structure of the nation’s health insurance system creates the opposite effect.
A key provision would require some Medicaid enrollees to work, volunteer, or complete other qualifying activities for 80 hours a month.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has defended the requirement as “moral” A Senate version of the bill also includes work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid recipients.
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