Fulfilling a Pledge to America’s Children
President Obama wasn’t kidding when he promised to prioritize health care for kids during the campaign with the passing of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Bill which is seen by many as the first step towards a bigger reform for America’s faltering Health Care System. The new bill expands the coverage of state sponsored health insurance to many children who failed to meet previous requirements making access easier and better. It does not only allow coverage to more residents but reaching out to non-residents as well which hails praise from the many minority groups who live and work within the US without proper documentation.
Children are the ones who suffer most from the health care system’s shortcomings for the rising costs of health care leaves their parents without any options. Living illegally in the US was also one of the major factor to many deaths of children whose parents were scared to bring in their children to health care facilities for fear of losing their jobs and being deported out of the country. With this thrilling news, children are going to get the care they need when they need it and hopefully change for the rest of the system would follow. Just hope all the tricks would be pulled by the current administration for with the lagging economy, funding would be the determining factor of success or failure for the proposed reforms to the health care system.
December 15 2008 | 2008 Proposals-Presidential Candidates and Election 2008 and General Info | Comments Off
