cut in half, dropping from 34 percent in 2013 to 16 percent in 2020.Despite these historic gains, LGBTQ people are still more likely to be uninsured than non-LGBTQ people.
Nearly one in five LGBTQ adults in the United States (22 percent) live in poverty, compared to 16 percent among straight and cisgender counterparts, and an analysis of health-related surveys issued by the Human Rights Campaign found that one in five LGBTQ adults have not seen a doctor when needed because they could not afford it.Many may be uninsured now since LGBTQ people have been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially given that an estimated 40% of employed LGBTQ adults work in restaurants and food service, K-12 and higher education, or hospitals and.