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Tennessee has increased its children insurance rate to 96%, thanks to Medicaid, CHIP, and the Affordable Care Act, according to the recent report published by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families.

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Almost 96 percent of Tennessee children have health insurance with an additional 23,000 children getting coverage since 2013, according to a report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.

“There’s certainly reason for concern in terms of rising premiums, but there’s also a sense that the lack of expansion of Medicaid in a number of states has contributed to the higher premiums,” she states. Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, says while the election is highlighting areas where the country disagrees on health care, progress has still been made in securing coverage for those in need.

“We see success around the country and I think this speaks to how despite all of the fighting and very intense partisanship around the Affordable Care Act, we can feel good as a country that we’ve come together through Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act and really reduced the number of uninsured children,” she stresses.

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