Booming US state is home to largest share of Americans with NO medical insurance - how bad is it in YOUR area?

Booming US state is home to largest share of Americans with NO medical insurance - how bad is it in YOUR area? READ MORE: Record FOUR in 10 Americans put off medical care in 2022 By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:48, 7 August 2024 | Updated: 20:50, 7 August 2024 e-mail View comments Despite a roaring local economy and influx of new residents, Texas has the largest share of Americans without basic health insurance. A shock annual report from the US Census Bureau found almost 10 percent of Americans 18 to under 65 did not have health insurance, though more adults were covered than the year before.

In Texas, nearly one in five lacking basic coverage, nearly double the national rate of one in 10. And in some rural areas of the Lone Star state, nearly 40 percent were not covered by health insurance. The issue could be due to Texas, one of the main border states, having a large population of people ineligible for insurance, such as undocumented immigrants.

Data from the US Census Bureau suggests that, in some areas, as many as one in three Americans does not have health insurance Your browser does not support iframes. The finding comes as Texas' economy booms , with metro-area suburbs exploding by over 50 percent in just a handful of years with young people fleeing the coasts. Meanwhile, Massachusetts had the most insured residents, with just three percent lacking insurance.

This could be due to the state requiring all adults who can afford insurance to.