The percentage of Kansas children without health insurance climbed to its highest level in a little more than a decade, reflecting a national trend as states unwound from a federal law that kept beneficiaries on the Medicaid rolls during the pandemic.
New census data shows that 7% of Kansas children under 19 - or about 51,300 kids - didn't have health insurance in 2024, the highest percentage since it was 7.1% in 2012, according to census data compiled by the Kansas Health Institute.
The national average for uninsured children is 6%, according to the Census Bureau.
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