Our goal is the best health possible for all of our children. We can be the first state in the nation to ensure that every child has a doctor, a dentist and other vital health care services. Until today, affording health care for uninsured children was a constant worry for thousands of hard-working parents. It works much like health insurance offered by a private employer. This means that affordable health insurance is potentially available to all families for their children.
Estimates vary on the number of uninsured children in Connecticut.
Minimum projections are in the tens of thousands, going up to 90,000. The advocacy group ranked Connecticut as one of the top four states for children's health insurance services. Connecticut officials were joined by Ronald Preston, regional administrator of the federal Health Care Financing Administration, who praised Connecticut for developing and implementing a creative plan. They worked closely with Connecticut's legislature and made their program a broad-based, bipartisan effort, and a model for the rest of the country. Copyright 1998 State of Connecticut Department of Social Services Please read our Disclaimer Notice .