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Article: Alarming Number of Children Denied Private Health Insurance, Says Children's Defense Fund
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 3, 1994
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CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Barely half of the
nation's children will be covered by health insurance through their
parent's employers by the year 2000 if current trends continue,
according to a new report released today by the Children's Defense
Fund.
"The Health Insurance Crisis for America's Children" also
documents that the problem of children without insurance from any
source is mainstream -- nearly two out of three are from non-poor
families, three quarters are white, and nearly seven out of 10 are
from married-couple families.
CDF said that the percentage of children who were covered fell
from 64.1 percent in 1987 to 59.6 percent in 1992. Had this
decline not occurred ...