Uninsured Americans Now More Than 27 Million: CDC Report

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the rate of uninsured Americans will increase to 8.9 percent by 2034 due to immigration, among other factors.

Health care tax forms, in this file photo. Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo

The percentage of uninsured Americans rose to 8.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to survey findings published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 6.

The report estimated that 27.1 million Americans of all ages were without health insurance as of March this year, up from 25.5 million or 7.7 percent at the end of the previous year.