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HEALTH CARE CHRONICLES: Another Child Left Behind

View our weekly series of health care stories about children who are uninsured due to four systemic health care problems:

1. Budget Cuts to Public Programs

No 1 - January 5, 2005
Under Age 2 with No Health Insurance

No 2 - January 12, 2005
Immigrant Children with No Health Insurance

No 3 - January 19, 2005
15-Month-Old Toddler in Fragile Condition Loses Health Insurance

No 4 - January 26, 2005
Children of Working Mom Lose Health Care

2. Barriers to Public Programs

No 5 - February 2, 2005
Child With Chronic Health Issues Loses Coverage

No 6 - February 9, 2005
MinnesotaCare: Unaffordable for Too Many

No 7 - February 16, 2005
Child's Emotional Well-Being Suffers Due To Mom Working Overtime To Pay For Health Care

No 8 - February 23, 2005
Working Parents Incur Debt From Child's ER Visit

3. Barriers to Private Health Insurance Market

No 9 - March 1, 2005
Uninsured Youth with Serious Illness Incurs $38,000 in Medical Debt

No 10 - March 9, 2005
To Afford Health Care Parents Starve Savings

No 11 - March 16, 2005
Uninsured Working Family's Medical Debt Totals 25% of Their Annual Income

No 12 - March 23, 2005
Barriers to Private Insurance Leave Working Mom's Son Uninsured

4. Problems with Safety Net Care

No 13 - March 30, 2005
Asthmatic Child Frequents Emergency Care

No 14 - April 6, 2005
Safety Net Care is Not So Safe

No 15 - April 20, 2005
Who Does the Catching When the Safety Net Fails?

No 16 - May 11, 2005
Children Without Health Insurance: A Crisis Beyond Individual Health





SOLUTION: The Minnesota Children's Health Security Act

All children would benefit from the Minnesota Children's Health Security Act (MCHSA), which simplifies Minnesota's complicated health care system by creating one purchasing pool of all children living in Minnesota.

The Minnesota Children's Health Security Act would:

1. Provide comprehensive health care coverage for all children in Minnesota.
2. Eliminate the need to change plan or provider following life and job changes.
3. Put children into one health care purchasing pool.
4. Improve primary prevention and disease management.

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