Nation’s progress on children’s health coverage reverses course
For the first time in nearly a decade, the number of uninsured children in the United States increased, according to a report released by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. Data from the institute’s Center for Children and Families shows an estimated 276,000 more children were uninsured in 2017 than in 2016. No state (except for the District of Columbia) experienced a significant decline in the number of uninsured children in 2017.
Texas has the largest share of children without health coverage with more than one in five uninsured children in the U.S. residing in the state.