Nation’s Progress on Children’s Health Coverage Reverses Course by Joan Alker and Olivia Pham Key Findings Introduction zz For the first time in nearly a decade, For the first time since comparable data was first collected in 2008, the number of uninsured children in the nation’s steady progress in reducing the number of children the United States increased. Recently without health insurance reversed course. The number of uninsured released data shows an estimated 276,000 more children under age 191 nationwide increased by an estimated 276,000 children were uninsured in 2017 than in 2016. to about 3.9 million (3,925,000) in 2017, according to newly-available No state (except for the District of Columbia) data from the U.S. Census Bureau (Figure 1). The rate of uninsured experienced a significant decline in the number children ticked upward from the historic low of 4.7 percent in 2016 to of uninsured children in 2017. 5 percent in 2017 (Figure 2). Both of these changes were large enough zz Three-quarters of the children who to be statistically significant. lost coverage between 2016 and 2017 Also notable was the lack of any statistically significant progress on live in states that have not expanded children’s coverage in any state across the country in 2017, with the Medicaid coverage to parents and other exception of the District of Columbia. Nine states saw statistically significant low-income adults. The uninsured rates for increases in the rate of uninsured children in 2017. In order of magnitude children increased at almost triple the rate in of change, they are: South Dakota, Utah, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, non-expansion states than in states that have Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, and Massachusetts. No state saw its number of expanded Medicaid. uninsured children decline, except for DC. zz The share of children without health insurance nationally increased from 4.7 percent in Coverage is important for children because it improves their access to 2016 to 5 percent in 2017. Nine states needed services, such as well child checkups and medications, and provides experienced statistically significant better access to a usual source of care. Public coverage is also associated increases in their rate of uninsured with improved educational outcomes and long-term health and economic children (SD, UT, TX, GA, SC, FL, OH, TN, gains.2 MA). In previous years, states have moved in similar but not uniform zz Texas has the largest share of children directions, reflecting the many ways state policy decisions can without health coverage with more than impact eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health one in five uninsured children in the U.S. Insurance Program (CHIP). The absence of significant progress across residing in the state. the country suggests that even states with the best intentions were zz States with larger American Indian/ unable to withstand strong national currents to protect children from Alaska Native populations tend to have losing health coverage. higher uninsured rates for children than the national average. November 2018 CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE 1 Figure 1. Number of Uninsured Children in the United States (in millions), 2008-2017 7.6 7.1* 6.7* 6.2* 5.9* 5.9 4.9* 4.0* 3.9* 3.6* 20082009 2010201120122013201420152016 2017 Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). *Change is significant at the 90% confidence level. Significance is relative to the prior year. 2013 was the only year that did not show a significant one-year increase or decrease in the national rate of uninsured children. The Census began collecting ACS data for the health insurance series in 2008, therefore there is no significance available for 2008. Figure 2. Rate of Uninsured Children, 2008-2017 9.7% 9.0%* 8.5%* 7.9%* 7.5%* 7.5% 6.3%* 5.1%* 5.0%* 4.7%* 200820092010 20112012 20132014 20152016 2017 Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). *Change is significant at the 90% confidence level. Significance is relative to the prior year. 2013 was the only year that did not show a significant one-year increase or decrease in the national rate of uninsured children. The Census began collecting data for the health insurance series in 2008, therefore there is no significance available for 2008. 2 CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU November 2018 These national currents include a lengthy and ultimately that publicly funded health coverage options are no longer unsuccessful congressional effort to repeal the Affordable available or, in the case of an immigrant parent, created Care Act (ACA) and cap federal Medicaid funding, as well as an concern about enrolling their child in public coverage for fear unprecedented delay by Congress that allowed CHIP funding of reprisal. Another contributor could be changes in state to lapse temporarily. In addition, Congress repealed the ACA’s Medicaid IT systems that may have tightened verification individual mandate and the Trump Administration made procedures.5 numerous efforts to undermine the ACA Marketplaces, including Because the majority of uninsured children (56.8 percent)6 dramatically cutting outreach and enrollment grants and are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP but are not currently shortening the open enrollment period.3 enrolled, this constellation of national trends has likely Finally, one quarter of all children under 18 living in the created an “unwelcome mat” effect where families are United States have a parent who is an immigrant.4 Several unaware of their options or deterred from seeking coverage. policies targeting immigrant communities are likely deterring parents from enrolling their eligible children in Medicaid or Sources of coverage: In 2017, the largest source of coverage for children continued to be employer-sponsored CHIP despite the fact that most of these children are U.S. insurance (ESI). As Figure 3 shows, ESI as a source of citizens. coverage increased in 2017, likely reflecting an improving All of these changes in the national political and policy job market. The share of children enrolled in Medicaid/ realm mark a sharp reversal after many years of successful CHIP and direct purchase coverage (which includes federal efforts to reduce the uninsured rate for children and families. and state marketplaces) declined. Even an increase in ESI Declines in child coverage rates occurred in 2017 despite an coverage for children was not able to compensate for the improving economy and low unemployment rate, strongly decline in publicly-funded coverage, leading to the increase suggesting that federal actions contributed to a perception in uninsured children overall. Figure 3. Sources of Children’s Coverage, 2016 to 2017 Employer- Direct- Un- sponsored Medicaid/CHIP Othera purchaseb insured 2016 46.7% 35.0% 7.8% 5.8% 4.7% 2017 47.5%* 34.3%* 7.8% 5.5%* 5.0%* 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Source: 2016 and 2017 IPUMS ACS data. * Change is significant at the 90% confidence level. a Other includes Medicare, TRICARE, VA, and two or more types of coverage. b Direct-purchase includes coverage through the Marketplace. See methodology section for more information. November 2018 CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE 3 What are the demographic characteristics of uninsured children? Income: As seen in Figure 4, children living below the federal Figure 4. Percent of Uninsured Children by poverty level (FPL) and children living above 200 percent of FPL Poverty Level, 2016-2017 experienced significant increases in the uninsured rate from Poverty Level 2016 2017 2016 to 2017. Children living in and near poverty continue to Under 100% FPL 6.0% 6.6%* experience the highest uninsured rates. Only children living in 100-137% FPL 6.7% 7.0% families earning above 300 percent of FPL have an uninsured 138-199% FPL 6.8% 7.0% rate lower than the overall average, but this group also saw an 200-299% FPL 5.8% 6.3%* increase in their uninsured rate. 300% FPL or above 2.5% 2.8%* Source: 2016 and 2017 IPUMS ACS data. * Change is significant at the 90% confidence level. Race and Ethnicity: White, Black, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander children experienced a significant increase in the uninsured rate in 2017 (Figure 5). Children who are Native American/Alaska Native did not see a statistically significant increase in their uninsured rate in 2017, but they continue to have the highest uninsured rate of any race. Hispanic children, who can be of any race, also have high uninsured rates. Figure 5. Children’s Uninsured Rate by Race and Ethnicity, 2016-2017 2016 2017 12.8% 12.6% 7.7% 7.8% 5.8% 5.5% 4.6%* 4.7% 4.9%* 3.9% 4.1%* 3.5% Black White Asian/ Other American Hispanic b Native Hawaiian/ Indian/Alaska Pacific Islander Native a Source: 2016 and 2017 IPUMS ACS data. * Change is significant at the 90% confidence level. a Indian Health Service is not considered insurance coverage by the Census Bureau. See the methodology section for more information. b Hispanic refers to a person’s ethnicity, and these children may be of any race. See the methodology section for more information. 4 CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU November 2018 Age: As Figure 6 shows, school-aged children are more likely Figure 6. Uninsurance Rates by Age, 2016-2017 to be uninsured than young children, continuing the pattern Age 2016 2017 seen in previous years. Children in both age ranges experienced Under 6 years old 3.8% 4.2%* significant increases in the uninsured rate in 2017. 6 to 18 years old 5.1% 5.4%* Source: 2016 and 2017 IPUMS ACS data. * Change is significant at the 90% confidence level. Where do uninsured children live? As Figure 7 shows, more than one in five uninsured children lives in the state of Texas. States with more than 200,000 uninsured Figure 7. More than Two-Fifths of the Nation’s Uninsured Children Reside in Four States children include Texas, Florida, California, and Georgia. Appendix Table 1 shows the breakdown by state of all of the nation’s Texas 21% 3,925,000 uninsured children. Other Florida 8% Source: 2016 States and 2017 American 58% California 8% FactFinder ACS summary data. Georgia 5% Which states saw the sharpest increases in their rate and number of uninsured children? In 2017, 12 states had rates of uninsured children that were significantly higher than the national average. Those states are: Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming (see Figure 8). Twenty-eight states have child uninsured rates better than the national average, and 11 have rates similar to the national average. While there are some clear regional patterns—with the Northeast continuing to have the highest rates of coverage—a pattern is emerging of lagging states having relatively large populations of Hispanic children and/or Native American/Alaska Native children. Both groups have high uninsured rates as shown previously in Figure 5. Appendix Table 2 displays the uninsured rate for all states. November 2018 CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE 5 Figure 8. 12 States Had Significantly Higher Rates of Uninsured Children than the National Rate 2.6 5.8 2.3 4.9 7.5 1.6 3.6 3.4 1.5 4.6 6.2 3.9 2.7 9.5 2.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 4.4 3.7 8.0 5.1 4.5 3.8 7.3 2.9 6.3 3.5 4.3 2.6 1.2 3.1 5.2 5.1 5.1 3.8 4.8 4.4 7.7 5.1 8.1 4.4 5.1 4.8 3.1 7.5 10.7 3.1 7.3 9.6 2.2 No statistically significant difference from the national average (11 states) Uninsured rate significantly lower than national rate (28 states including DC) Uninsured rate significantly higher than national Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by rate (12 states) State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). 6 CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU November 2018 As mentioned above, only the District of Columbia saw a Figure 9: Nine States with the Significant Increase in statistically significant decline in its child uninsured rate from Rate of Uninsured Children, 2016 to 2017 2016 to 2017. On the other hand, nine states saw a statistically 2016 2017 Percentage significant increase, with the greatest jump in South Dakota, State Uninsured Uninsured Point where the rate for uninsured children climbed from 4.7 Rate Rate Change percent in 2016 to 6.2 percent in 2017 (Figure 9). Utah had South Dakota 4.7 6.2 1.5 the next-largest jump with an increase from 6 percent to 7.3 Utah 6.0 7.3 1.3 percent. Texas rounds out the top three with an increase of 0.9 Texas 9.8 10.7 0.9 percentage points in the uninsured rate, which resulted in an Georgia 6.7 7.5 0.8 estimated 80,000 additional children lacking coverage in 2017. South Carolina 4.3 5.1 0.8 The remaining states with statistically significant increases Florida 6.6 7.3 0.7 are Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, and Ohio 3.8 4.5 0.7 Massachusetts. Appendix Table 4 displays the change for all Tennessee 3.7 4.4 0.7 states from 2016 to 2017. Massachusetts 1.0 1.5 0.5 Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). * Change is significant at the 90% confidence level. Change in percent of uninsured children may not sum to total due to rounding. States that have expanded Medicaid to parents and other adults with income below 138 percent of the poverty line saw a smaller increase in their children’s uninsured rate. As Figure 10 shows, the uninsured rate for children increased at Figure 10. Children’s Uninsured Rate by almost triple the rate in non-expansion states (0.6 percent) than Medicaid Expansion Status, 2016-2017 in states that have expanded Medicaid (0.2 percent). Children whose parents are insured have considerably higher rates of 7.0%* 6.4% coverage than those whose parents are not.7 20162017 Of the 276,000 children who lost coverage in 2017, three 3.5% 3.7%* quarters, or 206,000, lived in states that had not expanded Medicaid. Expansion Non-expansion Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). * Change is significant at the 90% confidence level. November 2018 CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE 7 Figure 11. Children’s Uninsurance Rates in Medicaid Expansion States and Non-Expansion States, 2017 Texas Alaska** Wyoming Oklahoma Nevada Arizona North Dakota Georgia Utah Florida Indiana** South Dakota Montana** Kansas South Carolina Nebraska Virginia* Missouri New Mexico National Average Maine* Medicaid Mississippi Expansion States North Carolina Idaho Non-Expansion States Ohio Arkansas Tennessee Pennsylvania** Colorado * Maine and Virginia Wisconsin have elected to expand Maryland Medicaid, but the Kentucky expansions are not yet in New Jersey effect. Oregon ** Five states (Alaska, Indiana, Delaware Louisiana, Montana, and Minnesota Pennsylvania) expanded California Medicaid after December 31, Iowa 2014. Alabama Connecticut Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Louisiana** Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Michigan State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Illinois Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. New York Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). Washington West Virginia New Hampshire Hawaii Rhode Island Vermont Massachusetts District of Columbia 0.0%2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0%12.0% 8 CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU November 2018 Conclusion The nation’s many years of progress in reducing the number these beneficiaries losing coverage would be children but of uninsured children came to a halt and reversed course in it is likely that children would make up the majority who are 2017. Despite an improving economy, national political trends disenrolled. In addition, federal efforts to destabilize the reinforced the notion that publicly funded coverage was at risk. ACA’s Marketplaces show no sign of abating. With a decline in the number of children enrolled in Medicaid/ States could mitigate the coverage losses by expanding Medicaid CHIP and non-group coverage, including the Marketplace, the to parents and other adults, allowing children from higher uninsured rate went up. income levels to qualify for Medicaid/CHIP coverage, launching States that fell further behind are less likely to have their own efforts to protect consumers and stabilize Marketplace expanded Medicaid and/or have higher proportions of coverage, improving enrollment and retention procedures, and/ Hispanic or Native American/Alaska Native children. or investing in more outreach and enrollment activities directed at eligible families. Barring new and serious efforts to get back on track, there is every reason to believe the decline in coverage is likely Uninsured children are more likely to have unmet health needs to continue and may get worse in 2018. If put into effect, and lack a usual source of care. Untreated medical conditions a recently proposed federal “public charge” rule (which such as asthma lead to missed school days and reduce children’s creates new income and public benefit use tests for legal chances for success in school. These findings should raise immigrants who wish to adjust their status) is likely to result concern about the chances for all children to grow and thrive. in even more uninsured children. A recent study found A long-term bipartisan effort that has dramatically lowered the that implementation of the proposed rule could lead to a uninsured rate for children is now at risk. reduction in Medicaid enrollment of between 2.1 million to 4.9 million.8 The study does not specify how many of Methodology Data Sources and Changes to Age Categories for for children age 18 and younger using the Integrated Public Use Children Microdata Series (IPUMS), an augmented version of the ACS. IPUMS is In general, this brief uses Georgetown University Center for Children prepared by the University of Minnesota Population Center (IPUMS- and Families analysis of single-year 2016 and 2017 estimates of USA, University of Minnesota, www.ipums.org). That is because in summary national and state-level health coverage data from the the technical documentation for the 2017 ACS single-year estimates, 2017 American Community Survey (ACS). The U.S. Census Bureau the Census Bureau announced that there would be updates to publishes ACS summary data on American Fact Finder. Where only multiple health insurance tables. In order to better align with the number estimates are available, percent estimates and their standard current health insurance landscape, the age categories of the 2017 errors were computed based on formulas provided in the 2017 ACS’s ACS health insurance tables were updated so that the age group for “Instructions for Applying Statistical Testing to ACS 1-Year Data.” children includes individuals age 18 and younger. In previous years, the age group for children included individuals age 17 and younger. In certain cases (sources of coverage, coverage by poverty level, The Census Bureau, however, did not recalculate previous year coverage by race and ethnicity, and coverage by age), this brief uses a detailed estimates using the new age category. This, however, may Georgetown University Center for Children and Families comparison result in differences between the 2017 data from the American Fact of 2016 and 2017 single-year national estimates of health coverage Finder and 2017 IPUMS data. For example, the IPUMS data relies on November 2018 CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE 9 a representative sample of ACS data while the Fact Finder uses the estimates that convey whether a person has coverage at the entire ACS data set. The IPUMS data also reflects other adjustments time of the survey. Individuals can report more than one source to the ACS sample. of coverage, so such totals may add to more than 100 percent. Additionally, the estimates are not adjusted to address the Margin of Error Medicaid “undercount” often found in surveys, which may be accentuated by the absence of state-specific health insurance The published U.S. Census Bureau data provide a margin of error program names in the ACS. We report children covered by (potential error bounds for any given data point) at a 90 percent Medicare, TRICARE/military, VA, or two or more types of health confidence level. Except where noted, reported differences of percent insurance as being covered by an “other” source of health or number estimates (either between groups, coverage sources, or coverage. The Census Bureau provides the following categories years) are statistically significant at a confidence level of 90 percent. of coverage for respondents to indicate source of health Georgetown CCF does not take the margin of error into account when insurance: current or former employer, purchased directly from ranking states by the number and percent of uninsured children an insurance company, Medicare, Medicaid or means-tested by state. Minor differences in state rankings may not be statistically (includes CHIP), TRICARE or other military health coverage, VA, significant. Indian Health Service (IHS), or other. People who indicate IHS as Percent Change their only source of health coverage do not have comprehensive Percent change measures differences relative to the size of coverage and are considered to be uninsured. what is being measured. Percent change is useful in assessing a Demographic Characteristics state’s progress in reducing its population of uninsured children “Children” are defined as those individuals age 18 and under. by comparing the decline to the size of the population at the We report data for all seven race categories and two ethnicity starting point. In this report, percent change refers to change in categories for which the ACS provides one-year health insurance uninsured children from 2016 to 2017 compared to the original coverage estimates. The Census Bureau recognizes and reports population of uninsured children in 2016. race and Hispanic origin (i.e., ethnicity) as separate and distinct Geographic Location concepts. To report on an individual’s race, we merge the data We report regional data for the U.S. as defined by the Census for “Asian alone” and “Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Bureau. The ACS produces single-year estimates for all alone.” In addition, we report the ACS category “some other geographic areas with a population of 65,000 or more, which race alone” and “two or more races” as “other.” Except for includes all regions, states (including the District of Columbia), “other,” all racial categories refer to respondents who indicated and county and county equivalents. belonging to only one race. We report “Hispanic or Latino,” as “Hispanic.” As this refers to a person’s ethnicity, Hispanic and Poverty Status non-Hispanic individuals may be of any race. For more detail on Data on poverty levels include only those individuals for how the ACS defines racial and ethnic groups, see “American whom the poverty status can be determined for the last year. Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey 2015 Therefore, this population is slightly smaller than the total Subject Definitions.” non-institutionalized population of the U.S. (the universe used to calculate all other data in the brief ). The Census Bureau determines an individual’s poverty status by comparing that person’s income in the last 12 months to poverty thresholds that account for family size and composition, as well as various types of income. Health Coverage Data on sources of health insurance coverage are point-in-time 10 CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU November 2018 Appendix Table 1. Number of Uninsured Children Under Age 19, 2016 and 2017 2016 Number 2016 State Ranking in 2017 Number 2017 State Ranking in State Uninsured Number of Uninsured Uninsured Number of Uninsured United States 3,649,000 - 3,925,000 - Alabama 32,000 22 36,000 22 Alaska 20,000 14 19,000 13 Arizona 132,000 47 133,000 47 Arkansas 30,000 20 33,000 20 California 300,000 50 301,000 49 Colorado 57,000 33 57,000 31 Connecticut 23,000 17 24,000 16 Delaware 7,000 4 8,000 6 District of Columbia 4,000 2 2,000 1 Florida 288,000 49 325,000 50 Georgia 179,000 48 200,000 48 Hawaii 8,000 5 7,000 5 Idaho 22,000 16 22,000 14 Illinois 82,000 40 89,000 40 Indiana 99,000 41 106,000 42 Iowa 20,000 14 24,000 16 Kansas 34,000 23 39,000 25 Kentucky 35,000 24 41,000 26 Louisiana 39,000 26 36,000 22 Maine 13,000 10 13,000 8 Maryland 49,000 29 54,000 30 Massachusetts 15,000 12 22,000 14 Michigan 71,000 36 69,000 34 Minnesota 46,000 27 47,000 28 Mississippi 37,000 25 37,000 24 Missouri 71,000 36 75,000 37 Montana 12,000 9 14,000 9 Nebraska 25,000 18 26,000 18 Nevada 50,000 30 58,000 32 New Hampshire 8,000 5 6,000 4 New Jersey 78,000 38 78,000 38 New Mexico 28,000 19 26,000 18 New York 113,000 44 118,000 43 North Carolina 115,000 45 119,000 44 North Dakota 15,000 12 14,000 9 Ohio 104,000 43 125,000 45 Oklahoma 79,000 39 82,000 39 Oregon 31,000 21 33,000 20 Pennsylvania 126,000 46 125,000 45 Rhode Island 5,000 3 5,000 3 South Carolina 50,000 30 60,000 33 South Dakota 11,000 8 14,000 9 Tennessee 58,000 34 71,000 35 Texas 752,000 51 835,000 51 Utah 59,000 35 71,000 35 Vermont 2,000 1 2,000 1 Virginia 99,000 41 101,000 41 Washington 46,000 27 46,000 27 West Virginia 9,000 7 11,000 7 Wisconsin 50,000 30 53,000 29 Wyoming 13,000 10 14,000 9 Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). Data is rounded to the nearest 1,000th. November 2018 CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE 11 Appendix Table 2. Percent of Uninsured Children Under 19, 2016 and 2017 2016 Percent 2016 State Ranking in 2017 Percent 2017 State Ranking in State Uninsured Percent of Uninsured Uninsured Percent of Uninsured United States 4.7 - 5.0 - Alabama 2.7 9 3.1 12 Alaska 10.3 51 9.6 50 Arizona 7.6 46 7.7 46 Arkansas 4.0 26 4.4 25 California 3.1 13 3.1 12 Colorado 4.3 27 4.3 24 Connecticut 2.8 12 3.1 12 Delaware 3.1 13 3.5 18 District of Columbia 3.1 13 1.2 1 Florida 6.6 43 7.3 42 Georgia 6.7 44 7.5 44 Hawaii 2.5 5 2.2 5 Idaho 4.9 36 4.6 29 Illinois 2.6 7 2.9 10 Indiana 5.9 41 6.3 41 Iowa 2.6 7 3.1 12 Kansas 4.5 30 5.2 38 Kentucky 3.3 17 3.8 21 Louisiana 3.3 17 3.1 12 Maine 4.8 33 4.9 32 Maryland 3.4 19 3.8 21 Massachusetts 1.0 1 1.5 2 Michigan 3.1 13 3.0 11 Minnesota 3.4 19 3.4 17 Mississippi 4.8 33 4.8 30 Missouri 4.8 33 5.1 33 Montana 4.9 36 5.8 39 Nebraska 5.1 39 5.1 33 Nevada 7.0 45 8.0 47 New Hampshire 2.7 9 2.3 6 New Jersey 3.7 22 3.7 20 New Mexico 5.3 40 5.1 33 New York 2.5 5 2.7 9 North Carolina 4.7 31 4.8 30 North Dakota 8.0 48 7.5 44 Ohio 3.8 25 4.5 28 Oklahoma 7.7 47 8.1 48 Oregon 3.4 19 3.6 19 Pennsylvania 4.4 29 4.4 25 Rhode Island 2.2 3 2.1 4 South Carolina 4.3 27 5.1 33 South Dakota 4.7 31 6.2 40 Tennessee 3.7 22 4.4 25 Texas 9.8 50 10.7 51 Utah 6.0 42 7.3 42 Vermont 1.5 2 1.6 3 Virginia 5.0 38 5.1 33 Washington 2.7 9 2.6 7 West Virginia 2.3 4 2.6 7 Wisconsin 3.7 22 3.9 23 Wyoming 8.8 49 9.5 49 Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). 12 CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU November 2018 Appendix Table 3. Change in the Number of Uninsured Children Under 19, 2016 and 2017 2016 Number 2017 Number 2016-2017 Change in 2016-2017 State Uninsured Uninsured Number of Uninsured Percent Change United States 3,649,000 3,925,000 276,000 * 7.6% Alabama 32,000 36,000 4,000 12.5% Alaska 20,000 19,000 (1,000) -5.0% Arizona 132,000 133,000 1,000 0.8% Arkansas 30,000 33,000 3,000 10.0% California 300,000 301,000 1,000 0.3% Colorado 57,000 57,000 - 0.0% Connecticut 23,000 24,000 1,000 4.3% Delaware 7,000 8,000 1,000 14.3% District of Columbia 4,000 2,000 (2,000) -50.0% Florida 288,000 325,000 37,000 * 12.8% Georgia 179,000 200,000 21,000 * 11.7% Hawaii 8,000 7,000 (1,000) -12.5% Idaho 22,000 22,000 - 0.0% Illinois 82,000 89,000 7,000 8.5% Indiana 99,000 106,000 7,000 7.1% Iowa 20,000 24,000 4,000 20.0% Kansas 34,000 39,000 5,000 14.7% Kentucky 35,000 41,000 6,000 17.1% Louisiana 39,000 36,000 (3,000) -7.7% Maine 13,000 13,000 - 0.0% Maryland 49,000 54,000 5,000 10.2% Massachusetts 15,000 22,000 7,000 * 46.7% Michigan 71,000 69,000 (2,000) -2.8% Minnesota 46,000 47,000 1,000 2.2% Mississippi 37,000 37,000 - 0.0% Missouri 71,000 75,000 4,000 5.6% Montana 12,000 14,000 2,000 16.7% Nebraska 25,000 26,000 1,000 4.0% Nevada 50,000 58,000 8,000 * 16.0% New Hampshire 8,000 6,000 (2,000) -25.0% New Jersey 78,000 78,000 - 0.0% New Mexico 28,000 26,000 (2,000) -7.1% New York 113,000 118,000 5,000 4.4% North Carolina 115,000 119,000 4,000 3.5% North Dakota 15,000 14,000 (1,000) -6.7% Ohio 104,000 125,000 21,000 * 20.2% Oklahoma 79,000 82,000 3,000 3.8% Oregon 31,000 33,000 2,000 6.5% Pennsylvania 126,000 125,000 (1,000) -0.8% Rhode Island 5,000 5,000 - 0.0% South Carolina 50,000 60,000 10,000 * 20.0% South Dakota 11,000 14,000 3,000 * 27.3% Tennessee 58,000 71,000 13,000 * 22.4% Texas 752,000 835,000 83,000 * 11.0% Utah 59,000 71,000 12,000 * 20.3% Vermont 2,000 2,000 - 0.0% Virginia 99,000 101,000 2,000 2.0% Washington 46,000 46,000 - 0.0% West Virginia 9,000 11,000 2,000 22.2% Wisconsin 50,000 53,000 3,000 6.0% Wyoming 13,000 14,000 1,000 7.7% * States with a significant increase in the number of uninsured children from 2016 to 2017. Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). Data is rounded to the nearest 1,000th. November 2018 CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE 13 Appendix Table 4. Change in the Percent of Uninsured Children Under 19, 2016 to 2017 2016 Percent 2017 Percent 2016-2017 Percentage State Uninsured Uninsured Point Change United States 4.7 5.0 0.3 * Alabama 2.7 3.1 0.4 Alaska 10.3 9.6 -0.7 Arizona 7.6 7.7 0.1 Arkansas 4.0 4.4 0.4 California 3.1 3.1 0.0 Colorado 4.3 4.3 0.0 Connecticut 2.8 3.1 0.3 Delaware 3.1 3.5 0.4 District of Columbia 3.1 1.2 -1.9 * Florida 6.6 7.3 0.7 * Georgia 6.7 7.5 0.8 * Hawaii 2.5 2.2 -0.3 Idaho 4.9 4.6 -0.3 Illinois 2.6 2.9 0.3 Indiana 5.9 6.3 0.4 Iowa 2.6 3.1 0.5 Kansas 4.5 5.2 0.7 Kentucky 3.3 3.8 0.5 Louisiana 3.3 3.1 -0.2 Maine 4.8 4.9 0.1 Maryland 3.4 3.8 0.4 Massachusetts 1.0 1.5 0.5 * Michigan 3.1 3.0 -0.1 Minnesota 3.4 3.4 0.0 Mississippi 4.8 4.8 0.0 Missouri 4.8 5.1 0.3 Montana 4.9 5.8 0.9 Nebraska 5.1 5.1 0.0 Nevada 7.0 8.0 1.0 New Hampshire 2.7 2.3 -0.4 New Jersey 3.7 3.7 0.0 New Mexico 5.3 5.1 -0.2 New York 2.5 2.7 0.2 North Carolina 4.7 4.8 0.1 North Dakota 8.0 7.5 -0.5 Ohio 3.8 4.5 0.7 * Oklahoma 7.7 8.1 0.4 Oregon 3.4 3.6 0.2 Pennsylvania 4.4 4.4 0.0 Rhode Island 2.2 2.1 -0.1 South Carolina 4.3 5.1 0.8 * South Dakota 4.7 6.2 1.5 * Tennessee 3.7 4.4 0.7 * Texas 9.8 10.7 0.9 * Utah 6.0 7.3 1.3 * Vermont 1.5 1.6 0.1 Virginia 5.0 5.1 0.1 Washington 2.7 2.6 -0.1 West Virginia 2.3 2.6 0.3 Wisconsin 3.7 3.9 0.2 Wyoming 8.8 9.5 0.7 * States with a significant increase in the uninsured rate from 2016 to 2017. Source: Table HIC-5, Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State - Children Under 19: 2008 to 2017, Health Insurance Historical Tables, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). 14 CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU November 2018 Endnotes This brief was written by Joan Alker and Olivia Pham. 1 This report examines children under age 19 because of changes to the health insurance age categories in the 2017 American Community The authors would like to thank Allie Gardner for Survey. Our previous reports in this series examined children under her research assistance. The authors would also 18—hence there are differences in previous years’ data, which have been like to thank Edwin Park and Cathy Hope for their recalculated for the purpose of consistency over time. Unless otherwise contributions to the report. Design and layout provided indicated, all 2017 data in this report are from a Georgetown University by Nancy Magill. Center for Children and Families analysis of the American Community Survey (ACS). All 2016 data in this report are from Georgetown University The Georgetown University Center for Children and Center for Children and Families tabulations of the single-year ACS data Families (CCF) is an independent, nonpartisan policy from IPUMS. See methodology section for more information. and research center founded in 2005 with a mission 2 For a summary of recent studies on the value of Medicaid to expand and improve high-quality, affordable health coverage, see Chester, A. et al., “Medicaid is a Smart Investment in Children” (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Center for coverage for America’s children and families. CCF is Children and Families, March 2017). based in the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Health 3 Skopec, L., “Losses of Private Non-Group Health Insurance a Key Policy Institute. Driver Behind 2017 Increases in Uninsurance” (Washington: Urban Institute, September 27, 2018), available at https://www.urban.org/ research/publication/losses-private-non-group-health-insurance- Georgetown University key-driver-behind-2017-increases-uninsurance; Semanskee, A., Center for Children and Families Levitt, L., and Cox, C., “Data Note: Changes in Enrollment in the McCourt School of Public Policy Individual Health Insurance Market” (Washington, D.C.: Kaiser Family Foundation, July 31, 2018), available at https://www.kff. Box 571444 org/health-reform/issue-brief/data-note-changes-in-enrollment- 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 5000 in-the-individual-health-insurance-market/. Also, see “Sabotage Washington, DC 20057-1485 Watch: Tracking Efforts to Undermine the ACA” (Washington, D.C.: Phone: (202) 687-0880 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2018), available at https://www.cbpp.org/sabotage-watch-tracking-efforts-to- Email: childhealth@georgetown.edu undermine-the-aca. 4 “Children in U.S. Immigrant Families,” Migration Policy Institute, available ccf.georgetown.edu/blog/ at https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/children- immigrant-families?width=1000&height=850&iframe=true. (Accessed November 10, 2018.) facebook.com/georgetownccf 5 Gifford, K. et al., State Focus on Quality and Outcomes Amid Waiver Changes: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey twitter.com/georgetownccf (Washington, D.C.: Kaiser Family Foundation, October, 2018). 6 Haley, J. et al., Uninsurance and Medicaid/CHIP Participation Among Children and Parents: Variation in 2016 and Recent Trends (Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute, September, 2018). 7 Karpman, M. and Kenney, G., “Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Parents: Changes Between 2013 and 2017” (Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute, September 7, 2017). 8 Artiga, S. et al., Estimated Impacts of the Proposed Public Charge Rule on Immigrants and Medicaid (Washington, D.C.: Kaiser Family Foundation, October, 2018). November 2018 CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU CHILDREN’S HEALTH COVERAGE REVERSES COURSE 15