A January 2021 survey from GoodRx revealed that 13% of the U.S. population is uninsured for health coverage. This is up from 2019 when the survey showed the nationwide uninsured rate to be 11%. Among those study participants who did have insurance, 34% reported their premiums increasing, and 22% said their copays have gone up as well.
"We're not seeing great strides in health care coverage for many Americans," wrote research scientist Sasha Guttentag about the GoodRx study of 1,202 Americans.
High costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic have made matters worse for several workers, write Sheldon Whitehouse and Sherrod Brown in an op-ed. They point to a FAIR Health analysis of 30 billion private health care claims, which showed the average charge for a COVID-19 patient requiring an in-patient stay to be an estimated $73,300. That amount drops to $38,221 for an insured patient utilizing in-network services.
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Richard Binder
Richard Binder, based in New York, is part of the social media team at ALM. He is also a 2014 recipient of the ASPBE Award for Excellence in the Humorous/Fun Department.
