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Uneven recovery from pandemic widens disparities by race, ethnicity, and income
One in four adults reported their family’s financial situation was worse in September 2020 than before the pandemic, but the pandemic’s financial effects varied significantly by race, ethnicity, and income. Without additional assistance, these disparities could widen.
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Changes in health insurance coverage caused by the COVID-19 recession
We project 48 million people will live in families with a worker who experiences a COVID-19-related job loss in the last three quarters of 2020, with 10.1 million of those people losing health coverage tied to that job and 3.5 million becoming uninsured.
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Early projections on overturning the ACA show 21 million more people becoming uninsured
If the US Supreme Court overturns the Affordable Care Act (ACA), coverage will decrease considerably in every state, within every age group, and across people of all races and ethnicities, leaving an additional 21.1 million people nationwide uninsured in 2022.
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One in five adults in immigrant families with children reported chilling effects on public benefit receipt in 2019
Fear and confusion related to the “public charge” rule may be causing some immigrant families with children to avoid critical benefit programs that are essential to children’s and families’ health and well-being, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Uninsured new mothers’ health and health care challenges highlight the benefits of increasing postpartum Medicaid coverage
About one in five uninsured new moms reported at least one unmet need for medical care because of cost in the past year, and more than half were very worried about paying their medical bills.
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