More kids without medical insurance in 2018 versus 2016

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https://ccf.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Uninsured-Kids-Report.pdf

2016: 3.6 million or 4.7% of children did not have medical insurance
2018: 4.1 million or 5.2% of children did not have medical insurance

2016 was the low point of a downward trend since 2008, when the percentage of children without medical insurance was 9.8%. However, the trend has reversed since 2016.

By state, the highest child uninsured rates:

11.2% Texas
8.4% Arizona
8.2% Oklahoma
8.1% Georgia
8.0% Nevada

Lowest:

2.5% New York
2.2% Rhode Island
2.0% Vermont
1.8% District of Columbia
1.2% Massachusetts

States with largest percentage increase:

+1.5%, 3.7% → 5.2% Tennesseee
+1.4%, 6.7% → 8.1% Georgia
+1.4%, 9.8% → 11.2% Texas
+1.4%, 6.0% → 7.4% Utah
+1.1%, 2.3% → 3.4% West Virginia

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it might have been interesting to add state birth rate by income to the analysis. For example, Texas has a much higher birth rate than NY. And since Texas is a non-expansion state, the uninsured is gonna grow faster than in NY. If the Medicaid-eligibles are having more babies than the upper-income insured (which is generally true), this this report is a logical outcome.