Washington law cuts number of children without insurance, Times Op-ed

Because of Washington state’s “Cover All Kids” law, the state “now has one of the nation’s lowest rates children without (health) insurance,” writes Paola Maranan in a Sept. 9 op-ed piece in the Seattle Times.

Maranan is executive director of the Children’s Alliance, an advocacy group that focuses on children’s issues that holds that “all children have the right to health insurance and preventive health care services including mental, dental, and vision- essential tools to ensuring healthy childhood development and growth.”

Since the Cover All Kids law went into effect, 15,600 Washington state children have obtained coverage.

In her op-ed piece, Marana urges readers to let gubernatorial and legislative candidates running in this fall’s election know “that our goal remains the same: full coverage for every Washington child by 2010.”

Tags: Children, Law, Opinion, Pediatrics

Category: Child & Youth Health, Health-care Policy, Newborn and Infant Health, Prevention, Uncategorized