This report presents statistics on health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).

• In 2023, most people, 92.0 percent or 305.2 million, had health insurance, either for some or all of the year.
• In 2023, private health insurance coverage continued to be more prevalent than public coverage, at 65.4 percent and 36.3 percent, respectively.
• Of the subtypes of health insurance coverage, employment-based insurance was the most common, covering 53.7 percent of the population for some or all of the calendar year, followed by Medicaid (18.9 percent), Medicare (18.9 percent), direct-purchase coverage (10.2 percent), TRICARE (2.6 percent), and VA and CHAMPVA coverage (1.0 percent).
• While the private coverage rate was statistically unchanged between 2022 and 2023, the employment-based coverage rate declined by 0.7 percentage points to 53.7 percent in 2023. At the same time, the rate of direct-purchase coverage increased by 0.3 percentage points to 10.2 percent in 2023.
• The 2023 public coverage rate was not statistically different from the rate in 2022. Whereas, Medicare coverage increased by 0.2 percentage points to cover 18.9 percent of people.
• The uninsured rate for children under the age of 19 increased by 0.5 percentage points to 5.8 percent between 2022 and 2023.