Fewer Children Had Health Insurance In 2018 Than Year Before, Census Data Shows
After years of decline, rates of uninsured children on on the rise. Immigrants and Hispanics saw large growth, possibly because of Trump administration policies.
by Selena Simmons-Duffin
Sep 10, 2019
2 minutes
Nearly half a million more children were uninsured in 2018 than in 2017, according to data out Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau. The drop stems primarily from a decline in the number of children covered by public programs such programs as Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
For decades, getting more children to have health insurance was
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