Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Coal Valley News – With federal designations regarding COVID-19 set to lift next year, about 42,000 children in West Virginia are at risk of losing insurance coverage.
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In a presentation during an interim session of the West Virginia Legislature’s Committee on Children and Families last week, lawmakers heard research conducted by Georgetown Center for Children and Families showing at-risk child enrollees fall into two groups: those who will lose coverage because they are no longer eligible — 23,057 — and those who are still eligible, but will have paperwork issues — 19,173.
Kelly Allen, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, said West Virginia is now in the driver’s seat, and the future of health coverage for youth in the state is in its leaders’ hands.
