The Number of Uninsured Children In America is Declining
March 13, 2015 at 10:35 AM Robert Kaminsky Leave a comment
The uninsured rate for children in 1997 was 14%. In part due to the implementation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), that percentage has continually declined to 7.1% in 2013. Nearly 3 million children could lose health coverage if CHIP funding is not extended.
Source 1: Ross Johnson, S. (2014, November 6). Will elections impact future of children’s insurance expansion efforts?
Source 2: Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | Medicaid.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2015, from http://medicaid.gov/chip/chip-program-information.html
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