October 30th, 2015
Illinois is doing better than most states when it comes to children’s health-insurance coverage.
A report released today from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families shows Illinois’ rate of uninsured children dropped more than 20 percent from 2013. Kathy Waligora, director of health-reform initiaves at EverThrive Illinois, credited both Illinois’ decision to expand Medicaid coverage and the state’s All Kids program for helping more young people get access to insurance.
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Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families, said states that chose to expand their Medicaid coverage saw the biggest drops.
“We found nearly double the rate of decline in uninsured kids that accepted the Medicaid expansion option,” she said, “even though these states already had fewer uninsured kids to begin with.”
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