McHenry County Number One in Uninsured Children
“McHenry County has the highest percentage of uninsured children in Illinois.”
Map created by the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) showing percentages of uninsured children for each Illinois county.
That’s what is written next to the map created by the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) concerning its findings about those without health insurance (private or government) in Illinois.
10.9% or over 2,200 children in McHenry County in 2009 did not have health insurance.
The question, obviously, is “Why?”
I looked in vain for county-by-county information. I found two lines, which you can see below.
First information for all those under age 65.
Second, take a look at the data from those aged 0-18.
It occurs to me that most of the uninsured in McHenry County may be those who are in America legally.
This chart is not for McHenry County, but may give a clue as to who is uninsured. 44% of “Hispanic, non-US citizens” in the Chicago metropolitan area have no health insurance.
Find the full report here.
Illegals have no insurance. They go to ER for everything.
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