January 2, 2015
By Bill Maxwell,
I don’t have a New Year’s resolution but a simple wish for 2015. For the sake of our children, I wish that when the Florida Legislature convenes in March, it would take advantage of yet another opportunity to reverse its rejection of billions from the federal government over the next decade to expand health care coverage for nearly 1 million residents.
In addition to being compassionate and moral, finding a way to accept the federal money would be practical because it would benefit all children.
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In a related study, researchers at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families show that when low-income parents have health insurance, insurance enrollment for their children is commensurate. When parents are not insured, their children are usually not insured. In short, when we insure parents, we insure children.
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