More Children Were Covered By Medicaid and CHIP in 2021
According to the annual report on health insurance
coverage released by the U.S. Census Bureau covering key locations in the
United States, the number of children under the age of 19 without health
insurance decreased to 3.9 million in 2021. There are now 475,000 fewer
uninsured children than there were in 2020.
Children had
coverage from a number of sources, according to Health Insurance Coverage in
the United States: 2021. A growing percentage of children over the poverty line
were covered by state programs, although the majority of children (61.9%) had
private coverage, usually through their parents’ plan. Medicaid and the
Children’s Health Insurance Program are two public health assistance programs
that many low-income children are eligible for (CHIP).
Children and adults
with earnings below a particular threshold are eligible for Medicaid- provided
health care coverage. Children in households with incomes too high to qualify
for Medicaid, but probably unable to afford private health insurance, are covered
by CHIP. Learn More -
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