Why is health insurance for children and teens important?
Health insurance is expensive in the U.S., and no more so when an entire family is involved. For this reason, children are often left uncovered by insurance, which sometimes forces the family into making decisions where the only choices are between bad and worse.Protects The Family FinancesIf the parents have to pay for health cares services, they could easily run up a bill in the tens of thousands of dollars for simple procedures, and into hundreds of thousands for more complex treatment.Protect Children’s HealthWithout health insurance, it is easy to delay treatment because of cost, which can often lead to exacerbating the problem. Simple treatments may turn into major problems with no early care.Protects Children’s Self-EsteemHaving a chronic health problem that otherwise would be treated with having insurance may isolate a child at school and with his peers, causing a feeling that he is not as worthy as other children.Maintains Health of CommunityContagious infections that are not
