Majority of West Virginia children have health insurance — 5 highlights

The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute's Center for Children and Families found 97 percent of children in West Virginia have healthcare coverage, according to Tech Times.

CCF examined data from the American Community Survey's data from 2014, which covered respondents from 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Here are five highlights:

1. Medicaid, the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program or private insurance cover 386,718 children in the state.

2. Other states with the highest number of insured children include:

  • Massachusetts (98.5 percent)
  • The District of Columbia (97.9 percent)
  • Vermont (97.8 percent)
  • Hawaii (96.9 percent)

3. In the United States, less than 4.4 million children are uninsured as of 2014.

4. Nearly half of uninsured children reside in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, California and Texas.

5. The ACA's extension of Medicaid coverage to accommodate more insured adults, in part, led to the rise in insured children.

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