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Kansas Uninsured Rate Now Higher Than the United States

The U.S. Census Bureau released its latest estimates of health insurance coverage in Kansas and across the United States. Amid state and federal policy decisions to promote access to health insurance coverage during the pandemic, the national uninsured rate fell to the lowest level since the Affordable Care Act was fully implemented. However, gains in coverage were not even across states. The uninsured rate in Kansas is now significantly higher than the uninsured rate in the U.S. for the first time in decades. While the Kansas rate did not change from 2019, the national uninsured rate improved over the same time.

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Sep 15, 2022

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