Nearly half of uninsured children live in immigrant families, reports study

Children from immigrant families now account for 42 percent of uninsured children in the United States, reports a study. The percentage of uninsured children with immigrant parents ranged from just four percent in Maine to 69 percent in California. "Having an immigrant parent is a defining characteristic of uninsured children," the authors write. The Affordable Care Act includes efforts to expand health care coverage to uninsured populations. But as the new study points out, many children living...