Each day, pediatricians across the country see and treat thousands of infants, children and adolescents.
Cases range from ear infections and broken bones to self-esteem issues and physical development.
But there are millions of children from working families who have no insurance and as a result, rarely get to see a pediatrician. It doesn't have to be that way. Every state, including Maryland where I practice, has insurance plans in place to provide care to eligible families. Yet no plan will work if bureaucratic red tape remains a barrier. If most of us had to fill out the same paperwork as these families, we too would be uninsured.