By Mary Kuhlman
October 29th, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio is making gains in children’s health coverage, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. The center’s research shows Ohio’s rate of uninsured children was 4.8 percent in 2014, down from 5.3 percent in 2013.
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Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families, says uninsured children are more likely to be school age and of Hispanic ethnicity. And she adds that rates also differ based on location and income. “Rural areas have higher rates of uninsured children than urban areas, and interestingly it’s not the poorest children with the highest rate of uninsurance,” she points out. “It’s that group that’s just above poverty, the low-wage working families that have the highest rate of uninsured kids.”
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