1. The vast majority of Minnesotans have health insurance coverage.

    Six percent of Minnesotans lack health insurance coverage. The statewide uninsured rate has hovered between 5 to 6% since the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, which required most individuals to have health insurance or pay a penalty. 

  1. Minnesota is home to one of the smallest shares of uninsured residents.

    Minnesota is tied for the fourth smallest share of uninsured residents. Only Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire have (statistically) lower uninsured rates.

  2. After holding steady for a decade, uninsured rates ticked up in 2024.

    Our most recent data show that Minnesota’s uninsured rate ticked up by a percentage point in 2024 – from 5% to 6% – representing an additional 50,000 Minnesotans without health care coverage. It is too soon to tell whether this change signals a longer-term trend in rising uninsured rates, but the single-year change points in a worrying direction.

  3. Uninsured rates among children and older adults are low and holding steady.

    Children are one of the only groups that did not see an uptick in uninsured rates last year. Across age groups, young and school-aged children maintain some of the lowest rates of uninsurance, owing in part to public health insurance programs like Medicaid. One-third of children in Minnesota are covered by some form of public health care coverage. The only age group with lower rates of uninsurance are older adults, the vast majority of whom are also covered by public health insurance programs like Medicare (96%).

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