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1 in 4 Americans are covered by Medicaid or CHIP – a program that insures low-income kids

  • Written by Heather Bednarek, Associate Professor of Economics, Saint Louis University
1 in 4 Americans are covered by Medicaid or CHIP – a program that insures low-income kidsMore than 91% of the country has health insurance now.The Good Brigade/DigitalVision via Getty Images1 in 4 Americans are covered by Medicaid or CHIP – a program that insures low-income kidsCC BY-ND

As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

That’s almost 1 in 4 Americans, with 76.7 million insured through Medicaid and 6.9 million...

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