Utah Policy
The new report by NCLR and Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) showed that 8,000 more Utah Latino children are now insured, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. However, Utah’s rate for uninsured Latino children is the highest (16.8%), and there’s still much work to be done. Unfortunately, as Joan Alker, executive director for CCF, mentioned it will be very hard to do so once Congress repeals the ACA.
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The number of uninsured Latino children nationwide and in Utah declined sharply as major provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and NCLR. Among Utah Latino children, 26,000 were uninsured in 2015 compared to 34,000 in 2013.
“Just as the U.S. approaches the point where all kids would have the health coverage they need to succeed, Congress is poised to make a U-turn on this path to progress,” said Georgetown University CCF Executive Director Joan Alker.
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