Arizona Daily Star

By: Stephanie Innes

Once Arizona finally, after 6 years, re-activates the KidsCare, the number of approximately 160,000 uninsured children will drop starting on September 1st. To this day, according to a study done by the Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, Arizona is the only state that does not have an active Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but that will change soon.

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Arizona’s rate of uninsured children is 10 percent, according to research conducted by Georgetown University.

Until now, Arizona has held the distinction of being the only state without an active CHIP program. The state also has the third-highest rate of uninsured children in the U.S., according to a study by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown. Only Alaska and Texas have higher rates.

The Georgetown study said that despite positive effects of the Affordable Care Act in Arizona, “It remains among the worst states in children’s coverage, likely reflecting the lack of KidsCare.”

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