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Childhood poverty dropped substantially in 2021, falling from 9.7% in 2020 down to 5.2%, [according to the Census Bureau's report]. The overall poverty rate for all age groups was just under 8% — a decline from 9.2% in 2020.
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These figures are based on the Supplemental Poverty Measure, which takes into account all kinds of expenses families have, as well as the range of pandemic aid many families received. Poverty experts attribute much of this improvement to the child tax credit which Congress boosted in 2021 in the American Rescue Plan. Congress also expanded it to include millions more low-income families.
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8.3% of Americans [were uninsured] in 2021. That's an improvement from 2020, when [it was 8.6%]. The force behind this is Medicaid, according to census officials. [A Covid-19 bill passed in March 2020] mandated that state Medicaid programs not force enrollees to requalify for the program – so states could enroll new people but not kick anyone off. Another area of growth was Medicare, though that's due to more people becoming eligible.