The Congressional Price range Workplace (CBO) lately launched projections of US medical insurance ranges between 2024 and 2034. Within the Hale et al. (2024) research, CBO estimates that:
…92.3 % of the US inhabitants, or 316 million folks, have protection in 2024, and seven.7 %, or 26 million, are uninsured. The uninsured share of the inhabitants will rise over the course of the following decade, earlier than settling at 8.9 % in 2034, largely because of the tip of COVID-19 pandemic–associated Medicaid insurance policies, the expiration of enhanced subsidies accessible via the Reasonably priced Care Act medical insurance Marketplaces, and a surge in immigration that started in 2022. The most important improve within the uninsured inhabitants might be amongst adults ages 19–44. Employment-based protection would be the predominant supply of medical insurance, and because the inhabitants ages, Medicare enrollment will develop considerably. After greater-than-expected enrollment in 2023, Market enrollment is projected to achieve an all-time excessive of twenty-three million folks in 2025.
CBO estimates that Medicare enrollment (in Elements A and B) will rise from 61m in 2024 to 74m in 2034. This isn’t stunning with an growing old inhabitants. Maybe extra stunning is that CBO initiatives Medicare Benefit enrollment will rise from simply over half of beneficiaries in 2024 to almost two-thirds of beneficiaries in 2034.
CBO estimates for medical insurance ranges for the civilian noninstitutionalized inhabitants aged <65 years are based mostly on the CBO’s Well being Insurance coverage Simulation Mannequin (HISIM2), a structural anticipated utility mannequin. The small print behind the HISIM2 mannequin are defined in Hanson et al. (2023).
You’ll be able to learn the full research right here, and the total baseline projections right here.
