The Wichita Eagle
December 6, 2011
Kansas is tied for last place in the nation in terms of getting more children covered by health insurance and state officials are at a loss to explain why.
While most states got more of their children insured from 2008-10, the ranks of uninsured kids in Kansas swelled by 7,853 — from 51,930 to 59,783, according to a recent report from the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute.
On a per-capita basis, the percentage of children uninsured in Kansas rose from 7.4 to 8.2 percent, a rate of increase that tied with Minnesota for 50th and 51st place among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.