The Hill (11/27, Choi) reports, “A new retrospective study of children’s health care coverage found that roughly 1 in 5 children did not have adequate health insurance, meaning coverage that met their needs and was reasonably affordable.”
The study, published in JAMA Health Forum, looked at “children’s health insurance coverage between 2016 and 2021. Of the more than 200,000 children that were included in the study, 34.5% had public health coverage, and 65.5% were commercially insured.” Additionally, “just 4.2% of children with public coverage and 1.4% of children with commercial coverage experienced inconsistent coverage.
Children with public health coverage, however, were less likely to experience inadequate coverage, with 12.2% having this issue, compared to 33% of children with commercial coverage.”
Related Links:
— “1 in 5 children in the US have “inadequate” health insurance coverage: Study,” Joseph Choi, The Hill, November 27, 2023