{"id":9883,"date":"2026-11-02T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-so-many-lost-their-health-insurance-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T19:54:12","slug":"why-so-many-lost-their-health-insurance-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-so-many-lost-their-health-insurance-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Why So Many Lost Their Health Insurance This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uPBEnbduD1Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Millions of Americans have lost their health insurance in 2026. A new Commonwealth Fund survey found the uninsured rate for working-age adults jumped from 8.9% in 2024 to 11.2% in 2026, the highest in over a decade, with about 4.6 million more people uninsured. For young adults ages 19\u201334, it&#8217;s 16%.<\/p>\n<p>What happened?<br \/>\n\u2022 Enhanced ACA subsidies expired at the end of 2025, raising premium payments by 114% on average<br \/>\n\u2022 ACA marketplace enrollment fell from 21.8 million to 19.2 million<br \/>\n\u2022 Medicaid enrollment kept dropping after pandemic protections ended<br \/>\n\u2022 Medicaid work requirements start in 2027, and more losses are projected<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration says part of the ACA drop came from removing improper enrollments. Critics say families were simply priced out.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Lost coverage? Open enrollment for 2027 ACA plans started Nov. 1 in most states. Check HealthCare.gov or your state&#8217;s marketplace. You may qualify for help or Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>Have you or someone you know lost insurance this year? Share your story in the comments \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>\u23f1\ufe0f Chapters<br \/>\n0:00 Intro<br \/>\n0:00 The uninsured rate hits 11.2%<br \/>\n0:00 Why ACA premiums doubled<br \/>\n0:00 Medicaid coverage losses<br \/>\n0:00 The administration&#8217;s side<br \/>\n0:00 What&#8217;s coming in 2027<br \/>\n0:00 What to do if you lost coverage<\/p>\n<p>#HealthInsurance #ACA #Obamacare #Medicaid #Healthcare<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of Americans have lost their health insurance in 2026. A new Commonwealth Fund survey found the uninsured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/hqdefault-18.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}