Study: The number of uninsured Utah children is exploding

The number of uninsured children in Utah grew by 22% in just two years — and the increase in the rate of children without health insurance was the second-highest of any state, according to a new report from Georgetown University.In total, 72,000 Utah children were not covered by health insurance in 2018, according to researchers from Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families. That’s 7.4% of the state’s children — the eighth worst rate in the country, and well ab