WBUR 90.9
By: Miriam Wasser
Massachusetts prides itself on its healthcare system and coverage rates. But, for the first time in at least a decade, the number of uninsured children here increased in a statistically significant way, a report from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute finds. Though the numbers are small in absolute terms — 15,000 uninsured children in 2016 to 22,000 in 2017, representing a 1 percent to 1.5 percent uninsured rate — the fact that it happened at all has some in the state’s healthcare community concerned.
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