Arizonans with health insurance on the rise

When COVID-19 first hit Arizona in early 2020, the job market was turned upside down and thousands of residents were left unemployed. That meant many Arizonans were left without affordable health insurance at the start of a public health crisis.

With 2021 coming to a close, the number of uninsured people in the state has decreased significantly.

A new report from QuoteWizard, a subsidiary of LendingTree, used U.S. Census data to determine the number of people in Arizona without health coverage has declined by 23% since January. Approximately 13% of the population was uninsured in January 2021, which has gone down to 10%. The U.S. average was 14% and is now 12% in comparison.