One in seven children in Harris County were uninsured in 2019, one of the highest rates in the country and almost triple the national average, according to a report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
The Chronicle’s Gwendolyn Wu reported those numbers are only expected to rise in 2020, as families lose employer-sponsored health insurance plans amid coronavirus recession-driven layoffs nationwide, analysts said.
Read the entire story in the Houston Chronicle.
ACA (2)
Access (9)
Children (2)
Health Care (4)
Healthcare.gov (1)
health care financing (8)
Health Equity (3)
health insurance (7)
health system (1)
Insurance costs (2)
insurance premiums (1)
Marketplace (1)
Medicaid (2)
Medicare Advantage (2)
medication (1)
pharmacy costs (1)
public health (1)
state (1)
Texas (3)
Uninsured (2)
Value Based Care (2)
