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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Stobbe and Ali Swenson

About 8% of the country lacked health insurance in 2025, new data shows. That could rise next year

Uninsured Americans - (Patrick Sison)

The proportion of Americans without health insurance held steady at around 8% of the population in 2025, according to new findings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The national survey results, released Thursday, show the all-ages uninsured rate has stayed significantly down from where it was several years ago, but the ranks of the uninsured could soon expand as the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to the health landscape begin to take hold.

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