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[Judi Lynn]

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By Tami Luhby, CNN

Updated 12:03 AM ET, Wed October 30, 2019

(CNN)The number of uninsured children ballooned by more than 400,000 between 2016 and 2018, an unprecedented decline in health coverage for the youngest Americans, a new study has found.

Roughly 4.1 million children were uninsured in 2018, up from a low of 3.6 million in 2016, according to the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, citing US Census Bureau data. Their uninsured rate jumped to 5.2% last year, up from 4.7% in 2016.
Another Census study shows a similar increase, with the uninsured rate for kids increasing to 5.5% last year, up from 5.0% two years earlier.
The trend is particularly troubling because it comes during a period of economic growth when more Americans are gaining employment, said Joan Alker, the center's executive director. She fears even more children will lose coverage if the economy falters.

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https://us.cnn.com/2019/10/30/politics/us-children-health-insurance/index.html

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1. But but he's pro-life, fighting to save millions of blastulas and zygotes

I posted this on the Population Connection Facebook page in reply to an article about Alabama's abortion ban being blocked:

400,000 more children are uninsured since Trump took office, CNN, 10/29/19

https://us.cnn.com/2019/10/30/politics/us-children-health-insurance/index.html

So if someone comes along and yammers about all of the blastulas and zygotes being murdered, ask them why Trump and his Trumpies don't care about children dying..

By the way, the same article says the total number of Americans (including adults) losing health insurance between 2017 and 2018 was 1.9 million -- truly an American genocide in progress.

And please, right wing greed-bangers, don't tell me they can get their care in emergency rooms. No they cannot. What they do in emergency rooms is stabilize you, and then boot you out with a bunch or prescriptions you can't afford to fill, and recommendations for doctors and specialists that you can't afford to see.

[lagomorph777]

2. Chalk up one accomplishment for President Turd.