Health Care Notes: Rate of uninsured children causes concern

A recent poll found that rates of uninsured Tennessee children have decreased to pre-pandemic levels, at 3.7 percent from a pandemic high of 9 percent, though concerns remain for the future of child health insurance coverage. 

The annual Vanderbilt Child Health Poll of more than 1,000 Tennessee parents found that just over half of parents (51 percent) were covered by private or employer-based insurance and 46 percent were covered by TennCare or CoverKids, the state’s health insurance options.