Media Coverage
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Report Finds 97% WV Children Insured
WDTV By Lauren McMillen October 30th 2015 A new report, released by Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families, finds that 97% of children in the Mountain State are insured. Those included in the 97% are covered by private insurance, Medicaid, or the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program (WV CHIP). This statistic comes as…
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Nevada Leads U.S. in dropping rate of uninsured kids
Reno Gazette-Journal By Trevon Milliard November 2nd, 2015 Nevada has achieved the largest decline of any state for its rate of children without health insurance, according to a new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. The number of uninsured Nevada children fell by 35 percent in one year, dropping from 14.9 percent…
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ESA Applications reveal wealth gap
Las Vegas Review-Journal By Steve Sebelius November 1st, 2015 Nevada’s education savings accounts were sold to the 2015 Legislature, in part, as a way to level the playing field between students from rich and poor backgrounds. … Speaking of kids, Nevada got a rare bit of good news last week. The Review-Journal’s Yesenia Amaro reported…
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Study: Uninsured rate for Kansas children at record low
Topeka Capital Journal By Jonathan Shorman October 31st, 2015 A new study shows the number of children in Kansas without health insurance stands at an all-time low and below the national average, though advocates say barriers to public assistance are halting further progress. About 5.5 percent of Kansas children had no health insurance in 2014,…
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Rate of Uninsured Kids Dropped to 3.8% in Alabama
Gracious Column By Rihanna John November 1st, 2015 Alabama isn’t making much progress when it comes to getting children insured, according to a report released this week by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. According to the report, states that expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act saw greater reductions in the number of uninsured…
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Oklahoma sees decline in rate of uninsured children, although rate remains high
News OK By Jaclyn Cosgrove October 29th, 2015 Oklahoma had the 45th highest rate of children who were uninsured in 2014, a report released on Wednesday shows. The report analyzed how different provisions in the Affordable Care Act have potentially affected the rate of uninsured children. … The report notes that states that extended Medicaid coverage to adults and parents…
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Arizona Child Health Insurance Rates Third Worst in The Nation
Phoenix New Times By Elizabeth Stuart October 30th, 2015 The percentage of Arizona children who don’t have health insurance is shrinking, but, for the fifth year in a row, the state remains among the worst in the nation for access to care, according to a new report from Georgetown University. Ten percent of Arizona children…
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Percentage of MI Kids Without Insurance Down
WSJM October 29th, 2015 Michigan is making gains in children’s health coverage, according to a new report. The findings released Wednesday by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families show Michigan’s rate of uninsured children was 3.8 percent in 2014, down from four percent in 2013. Joan Alker, with the center, says the report…
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Number of Children with Health Insurance Increasing in Illinois
WJBD October 28th, 2015 Illinois is doing better than most states when it comes to children’s health insurance coverage. A new report released Wednesday from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families shows Illinois’ rate of uninsured children dropped more than 20 percent from 2013. … The executive director of the Center for Children…
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More Georgie kids insured as ACA takes hold
Georgia Health News By Andy Miller October 29th, 2015 The number of uninsured children in Georgia dropped by nearly 50,000 after the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014, a new report has found. But the state’s 189,000 children who remain uninsured make Georgia’s rate relatively high – 7.6 percent, versus 6 percent…
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Florida is making progress but many children still lack health insurance
Sun Sentinel By Brian Kirk October 28th, 2015 Florida children without health insurance declined by 1.7 percent between 2013 and 2014, leaving 9.3 percent of Florida’s children still uninsured. Despite this improvement, 378,000 kids in Florida — approximately one out of every 10 Florida children — do not have quality health coverage, according to a…
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Study: Arizona Has High Rate of Uninsured Children
Arizona Public Media By Vanessa Barchfield October 28th, 2015 With 10 percent of children in Arizona lacking health insurance, the state has the third highest child uninsurance rate in the country, well above the national average of 6 percent, according to a new study from Georgetown University. One explanation for Arizona’s persistently high child uninsurance…
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Florida still has a high rate of uninsured kids
The News Service of Florida By Margie Menzel October 28th, 2015 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The number of uninsured children in the U.S. has dropped to a “historic low” under the federal Affordable Care Act — but Florida, while showing improvement, still has one of the highest rates of children without coverage. A report released Wednesday by…
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Number of uninsured children in Virginia was 107,000 in 2014
Associated Press October 30th, 2015 RICHMOND, Va. — The number of uninsured children in Virginia was an estimated 107,000 in 2014. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports a study from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families reveals that the number of uninsured children in the state has increased from 5.4 percent in…
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Report: Nevada leads nation in cutting rate of uninsured children
Las Vegas Review-Journal By Yesenia Amaro October 28th, 2015 Nevada saw the sharpest decline of any state in the rate of uninsured children from 2013 to 2014, according to a report released Wednesday. However, the Silver State still remains among the five states with the highest uninsured rate in the country with a 9.6 percent,…
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Indiana Ranks 42nd In Rate Of Uninsured Children
Indiana News Service By Mary Kuhlman October 28th, 2015 (Indianapolis, Ind.) – While it lags behind other states, a report released today shows that Indiana is making great strides in ensuring children have health-care coverage. Indiana ranked 42nd nationally for its rate of uninsured children in 2014, according to the research from the Georgetown Center for…
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Report: Arizona’s rate of uninsured kids remains among highest
Arizona Daily Star By Stephanie Innes October 28th, 2015 For a fifth consecutive year, Arizona has one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the U.S. About 10 percent of children in Arizona were without health insurance in 2014, according to a report released Wednesday by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. ……
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Number of uninsured Pa. kids declined slightly last year, study finds
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By Kate Giammarise October 28th, 2015 HARRISBURG — More than 139,000 Pennsylvania children did not have health insurance last year, according to a study released Wednesday. The number of uninsured children in the commonwealth declined slightly from 147,303 in 2013, noted the study, jointly released by Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children and Georgetown University’s…
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RI sees sharp decline in the number of uninsured children
Providence Journal By Jacqueline Tempera October 28th, 2015 A new report lauds Rhode Island as a leader in children’s health-care coverage, noting a 38.5 percent drop in the number of uninsured children in the state from 2013 to 2014. … “When children have healthcare coverage, they are able to get the preventative care they need…
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Report: FL Ranks 49th For Uninsured Children
Florida Health News By Carol Gentry October 29th, 2015 More than 67,000 Florida children gained health insurance coverage last year with the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Wednesday by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. … “This was a very exciting year,” said Joan Alker, one of the authors. “Because the…