USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

By: Giles Bruce

A handful of American states still mandate that kids must be uninsured as long as 90 days before they can enroll in a public health insurance program that covers nearly 10 million children…

“I think (states) should remove the barrier,” said Tricia Brooks, a researcher at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families who studies CHIP, a program for lower-income families who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid. “It’s not good for kids to have gaps in coverage.”

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