We are supposed to be the child-friendly place. So why are we bumping kids off health insurance faster than all but one state?
A study out of Georgetown University found that the rate of uninsured children in Utah went up 22% in two years, second only to Tennessee. The 2018 data shows there were 72,000 children — 7.4% of Utah’s total child population — without health coverage. That is more than the entire student population of Granite School District.
This punches a hole in our much cherished identity as the land of families first.
The decline in insured children is happening nationally, just not as fast.