Public News Service
By: Suzanne Potter
According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. New Mexico contributed to this historical rate, as between 2013 and 2015, it reduced the rate of uninsured children by 48% (from 8.5% to 4.5%).
The supervising attorney at New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, Sireesha Manne, mentioned that New Mexico must attribute this historical children insurance rate to the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Before this, in 2008, 13.3% of children in New Mexico were uninsured – now, just 4.5%.
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Researchers from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that the rate of uninsured kids fell from 8.5 percent to 4.5 percent – which is just below the national average of 4.8 percent. Sireesha Manne, supervising attorney with the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, said the fact that more than 95 percent of kids in the state now have insurance can be credited to the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA.
Researchers from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that the rate of uninsured kids fell from 8.5 percent to 4.5 percent – which is just below the national average of 4.8 percent. Sireesha Manne, supervising attorney with the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, said the fact that more than 95 percent of kids in the state now have insurance can be credited to the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA.
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