Wisconsin News Connection By: Trimmel Gomes For the first time in a decade, the number of children without health coverage in the United States has gone up. According to a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Children and Families, the number of uninsured kids rose by more than 275,000 in 2017, and nearly […]
Missouri News Service By: Suzanne Potter About 75,000 children in Missouri lacked health insurance in 2017, or about 5.1 percent, according to a new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. That’s a small increase over 2016 and is just above the national average, which increased from 4.7 to 5 percent. The report […]
WMOT By: Mike Osborne A new study shows an alarming drop in the number of children covered by health insurance, and Tennessee is singled out in the report as one of the worst cases. The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families says the number of uninsured children rose in 2017 after eight years of […]
Newton County Times The number of uninsured children nationwide increased by about 276,000 children last year, the first significant increase in a decade, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. An estimated 3.9 million children were uninsured nationwide in 2017. The analysis shows that in Arkansas, the […]
Deseret News By: Ladd Egan After years of decline, the number of uninsured children across the country is up, and Utah is one of the states that saw a big jump. The number of uninsured children in the state jumped more than 20 percent last year, according to a new report from Georgetown University’s Center […]
My Journal Courier By: Mary Kuhlman New data shows the number of uninsured children in Illinois rose about 8 percent last year, and advocates said they’re worried federal policies could thwart future progress. Researchers with the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that for the first time in a decade, the number of children […]
