By Stephanie Innes
October 28th, 2015
For a fifth consecutive year, Arizona has one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the U.S.
About 10 percent of children in Arizona were without health insurance in 2014, according to a report released Wednesday by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families.
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Much of the decline in uninsured children nationwide occurred in states that expanded Medicaid, said Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.
While Arizona expanded its Medicaid program and more of the state’s residents now have health coverage, the lack of a CHIP program is affecting health coverage among children here, Alker said.
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