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Uninsured Tennessee children up 43%

Nov. 1, 2019 | PRIDE Newsdesk | PRIDE Publishing Group


  • 4 M children uninsured in 2018, which is an increase of 400,000 since 2016.
  • In 2018, 83,000 children in Tennessee were uninsured–the highest increase in the rate of uninsured children in the nation–, reflecting a 43% increase since 2016.
  • Refusal to expand Medicaid means in that state are almost twice as likely to be uninsured.

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