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Number of Children with Health Insurance Increasing in Illinois

WJBD

October 28th, 2015

Illinois is doing better than most states when it comes to children’s health insurance coverage. A new report released Wednesday from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families shows Illinois’ rate of uninsured children dropped more than 20 percent from 2013.

The executive director of the Center for Children and Families, Joan Alker, says states that chose to expand their Medicaid coverage saw the biggest drops.

“We found nearly double the rate of decline in uninsured kids that accepted the Medicaid expansion option even though the these states had fewer uninsured kids to begin with,” added Alker.

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