Government health insurance numbers U.S. 1997-2022

In 2022, nearly 40 percent of people in the United States had public health insurance, the share of people with private health insurance has gradually increased in the provided time interval. This statistic contains data on the number of U.S. Americans with government health insurance coverage from 1997 to 2022.

Share of people with public health insurance in the United States from 1997 to 2022

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Release date

May 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1997 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Government health insurance coverage includes Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, CHAMPVA (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs) and care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the military.
This statistic was assembled from several editions of the same report.
The source adds the following information: "data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian non-institutionalized population."

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