By Eric Galatas
October 28th, 2015
DENVER – More children in Colorado and the nation have health coverage. According to a new report by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, the rate of uninsured children dropped to a historic low of 6 percent in 2014, the year the Affordable Care Act went into effect.
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After the rollout of the ACA, the report found, 25 states recorded declines in the number of uninsured children, and no state showed significant increases. Joan Alker, executive director at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, said the study confirms that years of work by policymakers and other stakeholders to reform health care in the United States is starting to pay off.
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