This indicator includes all children age 0-17 and the margin of error based on a 90-percent confidence interval is presented alongside each estimate. All quantitative data and narrative related to the data on this page was prepared by CI NOW for ReadyKidSA.
Children not covered at all by health insurance, or who experience gaps in coverage, are less likely than those with continuous insurance coverage to have a regular source of health care, and are more likely than children continuously insured to have medical care delayed or unmet, and to have prescriptions unfilled. Because children without health insurance are also more likely than others to receive late or no care for health problems, they are at greater risk for hospitalization. In addition to resulting in reduced access to health care, a lack of health insurance can also negatively influence children’s school attendance and participation in extracurricular activities, and increase parental financial and emotional stress. There is preliminary evidence that enrolling children in more comprehensive health insurance plans has a beneficial effect, not only on access to services, but on health outcomes, as reported by parents. (Child Trends Databank, 2016)
For more information see: http://www.childtrends.org/indicators/health-care-coverage/
RACE/ETHNICITY: Bexar County, 2020
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Black or African American |
American Indian or Alaska Native |
Asian |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander |
Other |
Two or More Races |
White, Not Hispanic |
Hispanic |
% or Children Uninsured | 5.0% | 12.1% | 10.0% | 16.7% | 15.9% | 9.2% | 6.2% | 10.0% |
MOE | (±1%) | (±6.2%) | (±3.7%) | (±19%) | (±2.8%) | (±2.2%) | (±1%) | (±0.7%) |
Source: US Census Bureau; 2020 ACS 5-Year Estimates, Table C27001 A-I
Bexar County, 2020
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