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what are the advantages of universal healthcare for children and what are some of the issues that families can have without healthcare for children?
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Here's a scenario for you:
1. Family lives in Virginia; husband is making good money and has good health insurance; mother doesn't have to work outside the home; three kids are ages 11, 8, and 3; youngest has had frequent problems with ear infections and UTIs.
2. Father loses job; health insurance disappears.
3. Father finds another job that pays OK (not as well as the previous job, but OK), but doesn't have any health benefits. They cannot afford to buy their own health insurance. Mother works really hard making sure everyone stays healthy, but the two older ones bring school germs home and pass them along to the younger one.
4. Father finds a different job in a different state, pays about the same as the job in #3, but has health insurance only for him as the employee. They make the move, but mother becomes very ill. They find some health insurance for the children, but the premiums are not inexpensive. Children, fortunately, stay relatively healthy. They are now ages 14, 11, and 6.
5. Father finds a much better job with really good health insurance, including dental and vision. Mother goes to work, too. All are covered, but are playing catch-up with dental and other issues that they couldn't afford during #s 2, 3, and 4.
What would have been different for this family if there had been universal health care for children?
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1. Family lives in Virginia; husband is making good money and has good health insurance; mother doesn't have to work outside the home; three kids are ages 11, 8, and 3; youngest has had frequent problems with ear infections and UTIs.
2. Father loses job; health insurance disappears.
3. Father finds another job that pays OK (not as well as the previous job, but OK), but doesn't have any health benefits. They cannot afford to buy their own health insurance. Mother works really hard making sure everyone stays healthy, but the two older ones bring school germs home and pass them along to the younger one.
4. Father finds a different job in a different state, pays about the same as the job in #3, but has health insurance only for him as the employee. They make the move, but mother becomes very ill. They find some health insurance for the children, but the premiums are not inexpensive. Children, fortunately, stay relatively healthy. They are now ages 14, 11, and 6.
5. Father finds a much better job with really good health insurance, including dental and vision. Mother goes to work, too. All are covered, but are playing catch-up with dental and other issues that they couldn't afford during #s 2, 3, and 4.
What would have been different for this family if there had been universal health care for children?
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