Reasons For Not Having Medical Insurance

Key Facts about the Uninsured Population | KFF

https://www.kff.org/uninsured/issue-brief/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/

In 2019, 73.7% of uninsured nonelderly adults said they were uninsured because coverage is not affordable, making it the most …

Who Are the Remaining Uninsured, and Why Do They …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2019/aug/who-are-remaining-uninsured-and-why-do-they-lack-coverage

Three percent of uninsured adults ages 19 to 64 who did not visit the marketplace reported it was because they had, or will have, insurance through another source, 2% reported it was because the …

What Happens If I Don't Have Health Insurance? - The Balance

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From 2010 to 2020, employees' share of premium costs rose by 40%, outpacing wage growth, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. 1 And for the roughly …

No Health Insurance? What’s the Worst That Could …

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/120815/dont-have-health-insurance-whats-worst-could-happen.asp

Universal Healthcare Pros and Cons - Is It a Human Right?

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27.5 million people in the United States (8.5% of the US population) do not have health insurance. Among the 91.5% who do have health insurance, 67.3% have private …

Lack of Health Insurance Coverage Leads People to …

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-02-07/lack-of-health-insurance-coverage-leads-people-to-avoid-seeking-care

As health care costs have risen, employers have asked workers to shoulder some of the burden by offering plans with higher deductibles or requiring them to pay a larger share of premiums.

Are You Legally Required to Have Health Insurance

https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/resources/individual-and-family/is-it-ok-to-be-uninsured

If you have no medical insurance, do you have to pay a fine? While there is currently no tax penalty assessed at the federal level for not having health insurance, …

The Americans dying because they can't afford …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/07/americans-healthcare-medical-costs

In 2018, 27.8 million Americans went without any health insurance for the entire year. One of those Americans was the father of Ashley Hudson, who died in 2002 due to an untreated liver...

Why Some People Don’t Buy Health Insurance

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-some-people-dont-buy-health-insurance-071315

eviction, foreclosure, homelessness bankruptcy, substantial medical debt your utilities have been or are about to be shut off domestic violence fire, flood, or other disaster you have...

Exemptions from the fee for not having coverage

https://www.healthcare.gov/health-coverage-exemptions/exemptions-from-the-fee/

Exemptions from the requirement to have health insurance The fee for not having health insurance (sometimes called the "Shared Responsibility Payment" or "mandate”) ended …