West Virginia’s youngest children are losing health care coverage

By: Ellen Allen

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 831

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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West Virginians understand that raising healthy children takes a village. Parents, grandparents, teachers, doctors, childcare providers and entire communities work together to give children the strongest possible start in life. But a troubling new report suggests that one of the most important building blocks for healthy childhood development — health insurance coverage — is slipping away from too many of our youngest children.

According to new data from the Georgetown University Center for Children …

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