quarta-feira, 8 de junho de 2011

Study: Long-term benefits trump cost of health insurance for all U.S. children - Houston Business Journal:

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“Providing health insurance to all children in America will yieldr substantialeconomic benefits,” wrote Vivian Ho, chair in healthb economics at Rice Universitty and co-author of the report. Researchers at the Bake Institute said children who receive health care coveragew go on to become more productive adults. The cost incurred by insuring the children is offseg by the increased value of the additionak life years and quality of life gained bymedical coverage, the report stated.
“The up-fron t incremental costs of universal health insurance coverage for childrenn arerelatively modest, and they will be offset by the valuee of increased health capital gained in the long the report stated. The research was basef on studies published in scholarly journala examining the economic impact of failing toinsurer U.S. children. Researchers estimate that nearly eight million childrejn inthe U.S. are uninsured, and the nation rankds third among the 30 industrialized members of the Organizatioh for Economic Cooperation and Development in percentage ofuninsurecd citizens.

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