Changes in Health Insurance Coverage 2013–2016: Medicaid Expansion States Lead the Way

This report explores changes in coverage type between 2013 and 2016 overall and for key demographic and income subgroups. Between 2013 and 2016, the share of Americans ages 64 and younger without health insurance fell from 17.0 percent to 10.0 percent, meaning 18.5 million more Americans with health insurance coverage. These gains in coverage were broadly distributed across all demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic groups studied.