A new analysis shows that coverage levels fell for a third straight year. And that was before the pandemic struck.
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 might have cost many more Americans their health insurance.
A report Friday by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families found that the ranks of uninsured children grew the most in Texas and Florida, and that Latino children were disproportionately affected. Nationally, the number of children without health insurance rose by 320,000 last year alone, to a total of nearly 4.4 million children, the report found. Continue reading.