Arizona Public Media
By Vanessa Barchfield
October 28th, 2015
With 10 percent of children in Arizona lacking health insurance, the state has the third highest child uninsurance rate in the country, well above the national average of 6 percent, according to a new study from Georgetown University.
One explanation for Arizona’s persistently high child uninsurance rate is the state’s decision to cancel its Children’s Health Insurance, or CHIP program, said Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown’s Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families.
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