Kansas ranked 11th nationally in the percentage of children who lost Medicaid coverage as states unwound from a law ensuring that beneficiaries wouldn't lose coverage from the federal medical insurance program for the less affluent, a new study shows.
Overall, there have been 56,965 Kansans under the age of 19 who have lost Medicaid coverage since last April, representing a decline of 16.9%, according to the study by Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families.
It was the 11th largest percentage decrease nationally, although the actual number of children losing coverage ranks Kansas 21st, according to . . .
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