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By: Ashley Goudeau

Goudeau: As if these cuts to ECI funding wasn’t enough, you guys are also releasing this week a study that you did in joint with the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families that looked into insurance rates for children, and it doesn’t look good for Texas.

Clark: “It does not look good. I wish I was here with better news today but the ECI report does not look good, and this report on uninsured kids in Texas does not look good either. Texas has the worst rate in the nation when it comes to uninsured rates for children and we actually got worst last year compared to the prior year. So that is another area to really be concerned about.”

Goudeau: When we say “got worse” give us some stats, give us some numbers and what contributes to that?

Clark: “So right now, about 11 percent of Texas kids are uninsured. It was about 10 percent the prior year.

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