Three percent of all children under the age of 19 lack insurance at some point during the year according to a study release in JAMA this week.
But what do the numbers really say?
"However, the Rochester team found that kids from families with annual incomes at 200 percent to 400 percent of the poverty level ($38,000 to $76,000) are now just as likely to be uninsured as children from poorer families. "
76K and you can't or won't add your kid to your health plan? In NJ, the cost of adding two kids to your individual HMO health plan (and this is the most expensive place in the nation to do so) is $400 a month. Not cheap but still....
Moreover, why can't we provide middle class Americans, single parents, kids starting out, with less expensive health care coverage. Am I missing something? Why not a monthly fee of $100 to cover primary care, prescription drugs and catastrophic health care costs?
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But what do the numbers really say?
"However, the Rochester team found that kids from families with annual incomes at 200 percent to 400 percent of the poverty level ($38,000 to $76,000) are now just as likely to be uninsured as children from poorer families. "
76K and you can't or won't add your kid to your health plan? In NJ, the cost of adding two kids to your individual HMO health plan (and this is the most expensive place in the nation to do so) is $400 a month. Not cheap but still....
Moreover, why can't we provide middle class Americans, single parents, kids starting out, with less expensive health care coverage. Am I missing something? Why not a monthly fee of $100 to cover primary care, prescription drugs and catastrophic health care costs?
Read article here
