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May 2, 2019

Why the number of uninsured children is on the rise

Inflation is low, but the Fed chair calls it “transitory.” After years of decline, the number of children without health insurance is on the rise. Plus, the condom business isn’t what it used to be.

Members of the uninsured Morales family, with five children, wait to enter to be treated at a free dental clinic put on by volunteers with the California Dental Association Foundation on Oc. 27, 2018, in Modesto, California.
Members of the uninsured Morales family, with five children, wait to enter to be treated at a free dental clinic put on by volunteers with the California Dental Association Foundation on Oc. 27, 2018, in Modesto, California.
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Why the number of uninsured children is on the rise