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Every child should have every opportunity for a healthy start, and that includes having access to comprehensive health coverage. Unfortunately, roughly 96,500 (4.9%) children in Virginia do not have health coverage according to 2019 census data. This could mean missed opportunities for early medical intervention, absences from school due to illness, and families avoiding medical care due to fear of financial cost. Lack of health insurance could have an outsized impact on the educational, health, and financi
While there has been some recent improvement in children’s insurance rates in Virginia, the state still ranks 25th in the nation for the number of children who do not have health insurance. A closer look at the data makes it clear that children who are either Latinx, immigrants, or from families with low to moderate incomes face significant barriers to health coverage.