WASHINGTON — After years of success in covering more of America’s children, new Census Bureau data released today show that the number of
uninsured children has increased for the second consecutive year and has hit a new high, according to the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
In 2006, the number of uninsured children under 18 increased by 611,000 to 8.7 million. As a result, there now are more uninsured children in the United States than there are all children in Texas and Virginia combined.
