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“Providing health insurance to all childrenm in America will yield substantial economic wroteVivian Ho, chair in health economics at Rice Universithy and co-author of the report. Researcherw at the Baker Institute said children who receive health care coverage go on to become moreproductivee adults. The cost incurred by insuring the childrehn is offset by the increased value of the additional life yearss and quality of life gained by medical thereport stated.
“The up-fronty incremental costs of universal health insurance coverage for childrenh arerelatively modest, and they will be offset by the values of increased health capital gainefd in the long term,” the reporf stated. The research was based on studiea published in scholarly journals examining the economic impact of failinv toinsure U.S. children. Researchers estimate that nearlyt eight million children inthe U.S. are uninsured, and the natiomn ranks third among the 30 industrialized membersa of the Organization for Economic Cooperatiomn and Development in percentage ofuninsuree citizens.