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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress has come up with numerous ways to enable the citizens of the US to get quality healthcare. The Covid-19 pandemic brought in a high rate of unemployment, economic recession, and a high rate of inflation. Congress has ensured that public and private health insurance are provided for those with access to medicare and ensuring low-income households have access to the basic essential health services. These policies made by the federal and adopted by the state have helped increase public coverage of health in over 36 States thus lowering insured rates in 28 states. Though, North Dakota was known to have a higher insured rate in 2021 as compared to 2019 provided by 2021 American community survey (ACS) 1-year estimates. Visit -  How the lack of implementation of Medicaid expansion has led to an increase in uninsured citizens in Southwest Florida

According to the annual report on health insurance coverage released by the U.S. Census Bureau covering key locations in the United States, the number of children under the age of 19 without health insurance decreased to 3.9 million in 2021. There are now 475,000 fewer uninsured children than there were in 2020. Children had coverage from a number of sources, according to Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2021. A growing percentage of children over the poverty line were covered by state programs, although the majority of children (61.9%) had private coverage, usually through their parents’ plan. Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program are two public health assistance programs that many low-income children are eligible for (CHIP). Children and adults with earnings below a particular threshold are eligible for Medicaid- provided health care coverage. Children in households with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, but probably unable to afford private ...