More Americans Covered by Health Insurance in 2020, CDC Says

U.S. health-insurance coverage improved last year, with more than 90% of Americans on a plan, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

The number of uninsured fell to 31.6 million, or 9.7% of the population, in 2020, according to preliminary estimates released by the CDC’s National Center of Health Statistics Tuesday. In 2019, 33.2 million, or 10.3%, were uninsured.

The study defined people as uninsured if they didn’t have any private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, state, government or military plan, or weren’t on the Children’s Health Insurance Program. They were also considered uninsured if they only had a private ...