Uninsurance Rate Holds Flat in 2025: CDC

CDC preliminary data indicate that in 2025, 8.3% of Americans—about 28 million people—were uninsured, essentially flat compared with 8.2% in 2024. Uninsurance was highest among adults aged 18–64 at 11.6%, compared with 5.6% of children and 0.7% of seniors, with no significant year-over-year changes across age groups.

 

Longer-term trends show declines, including a drop among adults from 13.5% in 2021 and among Hispanic adults from 30.1% five years ago to 21.9% in 2025.

Projections indicate increases in uninsurance due to federal healthcare spending cuts affecting Medicaid and expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies, with CBO projecting 10 million additional uninsured. Read more from Healthcare Dive here.