Dallas County leads Texas in uninsured children

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Dallas Morning News, October 27, 2009

In 2010, Dallas County will lead the state of Texas in the percentage of uninsured children, a rate nearly triple the national average, according to a report Children's Medical Center Dallas is releasing. More than half of the 730,000 children in Dallas County have limited access to primary and preventive healthcare, Children's said in its report, "Beyond ABC: Growing Up in Dallas County."

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