JD Supra

According to the recent report publish by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, children’s insurance rate reached a historical rate of 95.2% in 2015, thanks to Medicaid and CHIP under the Affordable Care Act. However, there are still some states, like Texas, that still have a lot of work to do.

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95% of U.S. Children Have Health Coverage, Uninsurance Rate Cut in Half Since 2008

The percentage of children in the U.S. with health insurance reached an historic high of 95.2% in 2015, according to an analysis of Census data by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. The number of uninsured children declined by nearly one-third between 2013 and 2015 and has been nearly cut in half since 2008. The gains between 2013 and 2015, which the report’s authors say is “no doubt” due largely to the ACA, were predominantly made through Medicaid and CHIP while employer-sponsored coverage for children remained stable. Coverage rates improved between 2013 and 2015 in all but 9 states; California had the largest decline in the number of uninsured children (371,000 or 55.1% of previously uninsured children) and Nevada had the greatest decline in the uninsurance rate (7.3 percentage points). Half of all remaining uninsured children live in the South and nearly one in five live in Texas. The majority (73%) of the remaining uninsured children are eligible for coverage primarily through Medicaid or CHIP, while undocumented immigrant children represent 5% of the remaining uninsured children.

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