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Public News Service By: Eric Galatas According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. Utah only reduced 23% of uninsured children, by providing health insurance to approximately 20,000 children. April Young Bennett, communications director for Voices for Utah Children, mentioned…

Public News Service By: Stephanie Carson According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. Furthermore, Tennessee has now 96% of its children with health insurance, contributing to this nationwide historical rate. Between 2013 and 2015, 23,000 more children became insured. Linda…

Sound Bite Service According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. South Carolina contributed to this historical rate, as between 2013 and 2015, it increased its insured children rate to 96%, by reducing the children uninsured rate by 39%. Sue…

Public News Service By: Eric Tegethoff According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. Oregon contributed to this historical rate, as between 2013 and 2015, it reduced the rate of uninsured children from 5.8% to 3.6%. Elizabeth Cushwa, from Children First…

Public News Service By: Andrea Sears According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. New York contributed to this historical rate, as between 2013 and 2015, it reduced the rate of uninsured children by 67,000! Kate Breslin, president and CEO…

Public News Service By: Suzanne Potter According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. New Mexico contributed to this historical rate, as between 2013 and 2015, it reduced the rate of uninsured children by 48% (from 8.5% to 4.5%). The…

Star-Telegram By: Teresa McUsic The Affordable Care Act health exchange opens Tuesday, and 26 of the plans will be available for Tarrant County by AmBetter, which is offering cheaper premiums compared to Blue Cross. … The number of Texas children without health insurance declined from 12.6 percent to 9.5 percent, a drop of 206,000, according…

Public News Service By: Veronica Carter According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. Between 2013 and 2015, Minnesota also reduced 45% of uninsured children – now having 97% of children covered with insurance. This is great for Minnesota,…

Sound Bite Services According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. From 2013 to 2015, Louisiana surpassed the nation’s high percentage of insured children by 1%, as it expanded Medicaid – getting coverage for 23,000 children and eligibility for…

Public News Service By: Mary Kuhlman According to the recent report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, New Hampshire has increased its number of insured children by 32% between 2013 and 2015. Their progress has been attributed to Medicaid and CHIP under the Affordable Care Act, as Joan Alker, CCF’s executive director and…

Public News Service By: Veronica Carter According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. In Illinois, between 2013 and 2015, the amount of uninsured children went from 125,000 to 75,000. This ranks Illinois between the lowest uninsured states for…

Public News Service By: Mary Kuhlman The new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families reported that Michigan has increased its children’s insurance rate by 24% between 2013 and 2015. Furthermore, Michigan has a higher children insurance rate than the national average. … In Michigan, the uninsured rate for kids dropped by 24 percent…

Sound Bite Services According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. Furthermore, as of 2015, only 1.6% of children in Hawaii are still uninsured. Deborah Zysman, executive director of Hawaii Children’s Action Network, mentioned that they recognize the importance…

SoundBite Services According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. Specifically, as of 2015, 93% of Georgia’s children are covered with health insurance. Voices for Georgia’s Children policy director, Erica Fener Sitkoff, mentions that there is still much work…

Florida Politics By: Scott Powers According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. Florida, also, reached a historical high of 92.5% insured children. Florida’s CHAIN CEO, Mark Pafford, mentioned that the state still has room for children insurance improvement.…

San Antonio Current By: Alex Zielinski According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, Texas still has one of the highest uninsured children rate. Between 2013 and 2015, Texas only decreased that uninsured children rate by 3% thanks to the Affordable Care Act. … One out of every five uninsured…

Public News Service By: Suzanne Potter According to the new research report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, between 2013 and 2015, Arizona has reduced the rate of uninsured children by 30%. This contributes to the historical high 95% rate of insured children nationwide. Joan Alker, the executive director and co-author of the…

Pacific Standard By: Francie Diep Thanks to Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act, now 3.5 million children are uninsured – opposed to 2008, when 6.9 million children were uninsured. Joan Alker, executive director of CCF, mentioned that programs such as Medicaid and CHIP have helped many kids to this day to be covered by health…

Public News Service By: Veronica Carter The new research by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families discusses  the historical high 95% children insurance rate. According to it, Missouri is one of those states that is a bit behind from the nation’s insurance rate, but just by 1%. Joan Alker, the executive director and author of…