Why Children should have Health Insurance
We all know that as an adult you’re taking a risk by not having Health Insurance, but what does it mean for the children of our country if they go uninsured? Besides the obvious reason to carry Health Insurance, which is the ultimate benefit that it can have on one’s health and life expectancy, there are indeed other reasons to carry insurance, especially on your child. Childrenshealthcampaign.org lists the following reasons as benefits to children who carry Health Insurance:
1. Children with insurance are more likely to have a usual
source of care.
2. Children with insurance are more likely to have access to
preventive care.
3. Children with insurance get the health care services they
need.
4. Insuring children will help close the racial disparities gap.
5. Health insurance helps improve social and emotional
development.
6. Insured children are better equipped to do well in school.
With the recent Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 BCBSNC has new guidelines addressing health benefits for children that may be of interest, but the evidence is clearly there that having children who are covered by Health Insurance is always a good idea.
In the above stated six benefits for having children carry Health Insurance we can see that the stage is being set for a healthy adult life. The word healthy not only implies physical health, but it can also clearly be seen from the above that a child’s mental well-being can be greatly and positively affected through Health Care coverage.
