The nation has 8.6 million children who lack public or private health insurance and 1.3 million of them are in California, Families USA, a Washington-based advocate for expanded health access, says in a report based on new census data. California, the nation’s most populous state, is just behind Texas in the numbered of medically uninsured children , Families USA says, and at 12.5 percent has the nation’s 12th highest rate. Texas is No.
