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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:1080-1081.

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It is well documented that the high out-of-pocket cost of health care causes many families to forego or delay seeking medical care for their children.^1-2 Uninsured, low-income families are most burdened by out-of-pocket health care costs.³ The creation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the concurrent Medicaid expansion in 1997 were attempts to increase affordable health care access to children of low-income families. The US Census Bureau estimates that at the program’s inception in 1997, 11 million children lacked health insurance, 14 million children were enrolled in Medicaid, and 44.6 million children received health insurance from a parent’s employer.⁴ Despite increased eligibility for public health insurance programs, the bureau’s most recent estimate shows that 9 million children still lacked health insurance in 2003.

Although many children remain uninsured, participation in public programs has increased with more than 19 million children enrolled in Medicaid and more than 3 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Susan E. Rushing, MD, JD; Myron Genel, MD

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