Georgia has the fifth highest rate of uninsured children in the nation, leaving about 217,000 kids without health care coverage in 2018.
That’s according to a new report out Wednesday from the Center for Children & Families at Georgetown University.
The study used U.S. Census data to track children’s insurance rates from 2016 to 2018. It found more than 400,000 kids across the country lost coverage during that time, bringing the total number of uninsured children to more than 4 million.
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