Number of Americans without health insurance increased in 2019, report shows
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The report shows 9.7% of Alabamians were uninsured in 2019, a slight decrease from 10% the year before. 

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Income rose and poverty declined in the United States in the calendar year before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of Americans without health insurance increased for the third consecutive year despite a growing economy, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) report released last week.

The number of children without insurance increased as well. In 2019, about 320,000 more children were uninsured than in 2018. The annual Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) revealed 7.7 million Americans became poor due to medical expenses.