A growing number of Utah kids from poor working families are losing their health insurance, underscoring the importance of reauthorizing and funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), policy experts and a congressional representative said Wednesday.
A new report by Families USA shows the number of uninsured children in the state increased by 18,500 -- 21 percent -- between the three-year period 2003-2005 and the three-year period 2005-2007, Continue reading »
The number of children without health insurance in Arizona has risen to 278,000 — amounting to 16 percent of the state’s young residents.
That is up from previous estimates that put the number between 250,000 and 265,000. It also gives the state the eighth highest number of uninsured children and fourth highest percentage, according to new numbers from
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There are another 564,000 children in Arizona covered by government Medicaid Continue reading »