- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Insurance coverage for children ages 0-5, elementary, middle, high school students
- Creator:
- Georgia. Governor's Office for Children and Families
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Governor's Office for Children and Families
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Governor's Office for Children and Families
- Date of Original:
- 2010-05
- Subject:
- Georgia. PeachCare for Kids
Child health insurance--Georgia
Health insurance--Georgia
Medically uninsured persons--Georgia--Statistics - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- bar graphs
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Fact sheet
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 1378508394
IZ MMS ID 9942311243902959
Call Number G620.C55 M1 2010 I5
NZ MMS ID 9923823216102931 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bg620-pc55-bm1-b2010-bi5-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bg620-pc55-bm1-b2010-bi5-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Trend Data
HEALTHY
- IMPROVE Health of Children
GOCF outcome indicator: insurance coverage
-for children ages 0-5, elementary, middle, high school students
Insurance Coverage For Ages 0-18, 2007-2008
60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0%
Employer Individual Medicaid
Other Uninsured public*
*Includes children covered through their parents' military benefits
Georgia US
Data Source: Georgia Children's Health Alliance Refocus Report, 2010.
In 2008, 43.9 million people in the United States did not have healthcare coverage, either through a private health insurance provider, Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), state-sponsored or other government-sponsored health plan, or military plan. 6.6 million of those without insurance were under 18 years old. While this number has decreased over the past decade, insurance continues to be an essential component to the healthy development of infants and children. Access to health services and insurance are dependent on physical location and financial means. In Georgia, children can be enrolled in Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids programs in order to obtain necessary healthcare services. PeachCare can provide the following medical benefits: primary services; preventative services; specialists care; dental care; vision care; hospitalization; emergency room services; prescription medications; mental health care.
Through PeachCare for Kids, nearly $6 billion is spent to provide services to an average monthly enrollment of 1.5 million Georgians.
Younger children are the most likely to be covered by health insurance. This is because they are eligible for Medicaid or PeachCare with higher income thresholds. As children age, the income limit drops, leaving fewer children eligible.
As of November 2008, there were approximately 206,696 eligible children enrolled in PeachCare. In Georgia, comparable percentages of people are insured among all the races/ethnicities except Hispanic, who are
much less likely to be insured.
Data sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009. Georgia Department of Community Health, 2010. Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center, 2009. Georgia Health Policy Center, 2007.
May 2010