Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 with and without health insurance coverage that usually or always (i) meets their needs, (ii) allows them to see needed providers, and (iii) has reasonable or no out-of-pocket costs (e.g., in 2024, among California children with special health care needs (CSHCN), both insured and uninsured, 61.6% had adequate health insurance coverage).
Data Source: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Survey of Children's Health (Nov. 2025).
Footnote: In these estimates, a child who is uninsured at the time of survey has inadequate insurance coverage. Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. The annotation [!] indicates that the margin of error for the estimate is greater than 5 percentage points but less than 10 percentage points. For more information, see https://www.childhealthdata.org/learn-about-the-nsch/NSCH.
