Thursday, August 10, 2006
There are thousands of children in Michigan who do not have health insurance, but most of those kids are qualified for free coverage that their parents might not know about.
Health First reporter Leslie LoBue says these programs have been around since the late 1990's, when Congress endorsed them.
More than 160,000 Michigan children would start the school year without coverage. "Health insurance is so expensive, I don't make a lot of money and I needed health care for my children," said parent Paul Garvin.
Even families with yearly incomes of $40,000 are more might qualify for free or reduced cost health coverage for children- but some parents just don't know they have the option.
MIChild is the name of the plan here in Michigan- we have links and phone numbers for that, plus for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation accessible at abc12.com.
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@ 1:46 AM
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