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Number of Uninsured Americans Jumps to 27.5 Million

HeadlineSep 11, 2019

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows 27.5 million Americans lacked health insurance last year. This marked a nearly 2 million person increase over the previous year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blamed the increase on what she described as President Trump’s “cruel health care sabotage.”

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