November 13, 2014
By Mike Clifford,
NEW YORK – Hispanic children are twice as likely to be uninsured as their non-Hispanic white peers nationwide, according to a new report that ranks New York in the top five for states making significant progress overcoming that disparity.
Report co-author Sonya Schwartz with the Georgetown University Center for Families says New York is reaching 95 percent of Hispanic children with coverage because it made enrollment easier than many states by cutting red tape and by helping families enroll. “It has one of the strongest community-based enrollment programs in the country,” she says.
“It’s also simplified its eligibility rules so that all kids are covered. It’s also got a great history of covering all adults and parents in New York.”
Schwartz says New York’s progress is all the more impressive because it kept the uninsured rate low despite the fact the number of Hispanic children in the state grew by 20,000 from 2011 to 2013.
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