Number of Uninsured Children Grows in PA
The number of uninsured children in Pennsylvania grew, but just slightly, between 2016 and 2019.
That’s according to a new study from the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute.
According to the study, the uninsured rate among children in Pennsylvania rose from 4.4 percent in 2016 to 4.6 percent in 2019 while the number of uninsured children rose from 126,000 to 128,000 during that same period of time.
Learn more about the changes in Pennsylvania, national trends, and why these numbers have grown in the Georgetown study “Children’s Uninsured Rate Rises by Largest Annual Jump in More Than a Decade.”
Since that time the state’s Medicaid expansion has added 670,000 Pennsylvanians to the ranks of the insured, with others purchasing insurance through the federal health insurance marketplace.