The number of uninsured children in Utah grew by 22% in just two years — and the increase in the rate of children without health insurance was the second-highest of any state, according to a new report from Georgetown University.
In total, 72,000 Utah children were not covered by health insurance in 2018, according to researchers from Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families. That’s 7.4% of the state’s children — the eighth worst rate in the country, and well above the national average of 5.2%, the study found.
Two years earlier, 6% of Utah children were uninsured; only Tennessee saw a faster increase, researchers reported.