Medicaid & CHIP Helped Improve Pennsylvania’s Child Uninsured Rate During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Children in every community in Pennsylvania rely on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program for their comprehensive health insurance, including more than 1.3 million children enrolled in Medicaid and more than 130,000 children enrolled in CHIP.

Medicaid and CHIP helped improve the state’s child uninsured rate during the COVID-19 pandemic. The three fact sheets in this series show enrollment by Congressional, state House, and state Senate districts:

Our last two newsletters covered the Medicaid unwinding and significant operational changes to CHIP. We encourage you to share Katie Meyer’s in-depth coverage about reenrolling in Medicaid and ensuring that CHIP or other health care options cover kids.