After years of decline, the number of children without health insurance in the country rose last year. Nationally, five percent of kids are uninsured, up from four-point seven percent in 2016.
South Dakota saw one of the biggest increases in the country, from four-point seven to six-point two percent uninsured.
Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University (in Washington DC) says funding for a lot of those programs was cut back…
Alker says South Dakota could take some steps to cover more kids…
Alker says it looks like the state could be going backwards.
Alker says despite a strong economy, she expects the trend to continue into next year.
