Texas: Latino children's health coverage facts
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Georgetown University. Health Policy Institute. Center for Children and Families, issuing body. UnidosUS, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, July 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Hispanic Americans -- statistics & numerical data Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data Child Medicaid Texas United States State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- State officials' decisions about coverage options, especially in times of crises, have a profound effect on children and can exacerbate pre-existing racial and ethnic disparities. In Texas, the uninsured rate for children overall is higher than the national average (11.1% vs. 5.2%). Additionally, Latino children are almost twice as likely to be uninsured than other children in the state (14.8% vs. 7.6%). Expanding Medicaid and removing barriers to Medicaid and CHIP enrollment would help reduce this disparity.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (3 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101770761 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101770761