Affordability Is the Issue Now, But Look for the Uninsured to Make a Comeback Author: Drew Altman Published: Apr 10, 2026

https://www.kff.org/from-drew-altman/affordability-is-the-issue-now-but-look-for-the-uninsured-to-make-a-comeback/?utm_campaign=KFF-This-Week&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-904tvUL8qIluklgyYO4syiy6-uB9Cono0jLeGXUA9kMDrOlh_hAsjSKSZc5zO-ODVwE07DzbEHwtpXLlIhADyZN-fmJg&_hsmi=413211268&utm_content=413211268&utm_source=hs_email The uninsured is not the most politically salient problem in health care now—that’s affordability—nor is it the non-problem some say it is. But it’s coming back. And the problem of the chronically ill uninsured is glaring.