Health Insurance for Children: Declines in Employment-Based Coverage Leave Millions Uninsured; State and Private Programs Offer New Approaches

GAO discussed recent changes in health insurance coverage and the effect of these changes on children, focusing on: (1) recent trends in children's health insurance coverage, particularly in employment-based coverage; (2) the increasing role of Medicaid in insuring children and possible interactions with private insurance; and (3) some small-scale but innovative state and private efforts to provide coverage for uninsured children.