Health Care

I believe that every child deserves to start life with healthy bodies and minds. All children need access to complete health and mental health services that provide preventive care when they are well and treatment when they are sick. But today, 11.3 million children, more than 90 percent of them in working families have no health insurance. 11.3 million children age 18 and under are uninsured, the largest number ever reported by the Census Bureau. More than 90 percent of …

…afford any health care coverage for their child or children. Once enrolled, children are generally eligible for regular check ups, immunizations, eyeglasses, doctor visits, prescriptions drug coverage, and hospital care. In conclusion the goal of most of the major health care reform proposals is to extend health care coverage to all children who are currently uninsured. An expansion of health coverage would greatly decrease the number of uninsured kids with two parents or single parent.