Pennsylvania’s rate of uninsured Hispanic children is now at 7.4 percent, according to a new report released today by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, the National Council of La Raza, and Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY). The report (below), which assessed uninsurance rates during the first year that most of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage provisions took effect, found that about 22,000 Hispanic children living in Pennsylvania did not have health coverage in 2014. Advocates noted that Pennsylvania’s uninsurance rate for Hispanic children (7.4 percent) is significantly higher than the rate for all children (5.2 percent). While the vast majority of Hispanic children in Pennsylvania are citizens or lawfully present immigrants, and eligible for Medicaid and CHIP, others are not and go without coverage.
