The number of uninsured Americans ticked upward to 26.7 million in 2024, according to an analysis published this month by KFF.
The report’s authors attribute that trend to the “high cost of private insurance and limited availability of public coverage.”
Unpack the numbers, though, and the situation becomes more complicated. The number of uninsured is simply not a useful heuristic for evaluating the U.S. healthcare system.









