Axios By: Caitlin Owens A record 4.4. million children were without health insurance last year, an increase by about 320,000, an analysis of U.S. Census data shows. Why it matters: After decades of decline, it’s the third year in a row the nation has seen an increase in the number of uninsured children, Axios’ Marisa […]
Health Affairs By: Rebecca Gale Judy Shaw remembers that when she walked into Children’s of Alabama, in Birmingham, in 2014, she was greeted by some executives “with their arms crossed.” Shaw, the director of the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP), run through the University of Vermont in Burlington, had been invited to Alabama by […]
New York Times By: Margot Sanger-Katz and Abby Goodnough The share of children with health coverage in the United States fell for the third consecutive year in 2019, according to census data, after decades of increases. The decline occurred during a period of economic growth — before the coronavirus pandemic caused broad job losses that […]
CNN By: Tami Luhby The increase in the number of uninsured children last year was the largest in more than a decade, even before the pandemic and the recession it caused. The uninsured rate climbed to 5.7% in 2019, the third year of increases after hitting a historic low of 4.7% in 2016. The number […]
Since the American Community Survey became available in 2008, we have been using this data to track state and national trends in children’s health coverage. This year is the tenth time I have co-authored this report and the news is the worst yet – by a long shot. As regular readers of SayAhhh! Health Policy […]
Introduction For many years, the United States was on a positive trajectory in reducing the number and rate of uninsured children; in 2016, the nation attained a historic low of 3.6 million uninsured children. This progress occurred as a result of expansions of public coverage—primarily Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)—and was accelerated […]
