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Title: Health Insurance Coverage among Children Ages 3 and Younger and Their Parents in 2016

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Using the latest available data from the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS),1 this brief is an update to our previous analysis that examined health insurance coverage among children ages 3 and younger and their parents in 2015 (Haley et al. 2017a, 2017b). Our research found high rates of coverage through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) among young children and their parents in 2015, with nearly half of young children and one-fifth of the parents of young children covered by Medicaid/CHIP; this share was higher than that among older children and their parents. Certain family characteristics, such as lower incomes, younger parents, and mixed immigration status, were more prevalent among parents of younger children, placing them at higher risk of lacking coverage. Coverage also varied across states for both young children and their parents.

Url: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/96141/medicaid_chip_2001686.pdf

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Authors: Haley, Jennifer; Wang, Robin; Buettgens, Matthew; Kenney, Genevieve, M

Publisher: Urban Institute

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Health, Other

Countries: United States