According to the New York Times, around 5.4 million Americans have lost their health insurance between February and May during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This number is 39% higher than any previous annual increase. The second highest number of uninsured occurred between 2008 to 2009, when 3.9 million people lost their coverage.

Recently, the Washington Post reported that over 30 million people are getting unemployment benefits now and the $600 a week unemployment benefits will expire on July 31.

Almost 50 percent of people who are currently uninsured are from Texas, New York, California, North Carolina and Florida. 

In Texas, there are 29% of non elderly adults who are currently uninsured, and 25% in Florida. 

There are 38 states in the U.S. that have adopted the Medicaid program expansion, with 23% of laid-off people have lost their health insurance. And 13 states with 43% didn’t expand the program which includes Texas, North Carolina and Florida.

About 1.5 million more laid-off workers filed for U.S. unemployment benefits last week.

An estimated 16.2 million workers and their families have already lost their employer-provided health plan.

The Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a report last week that said around 10.1 million people will lose their employer-sponsored health insurance by end of 2020.