The American Academy of Pediatrics today joins with six other physician groups in calling on Congress and all presidential candidates to make universal health insurance coverage and access a priority issue. Pediatricians know it.
Families know it.
We need to hear how national leaders propose insuring all Americans, including children and adolescents. Uninsured children can come from families whose parents may work for a company that doesn't provide health insurance coverage or from families with a single parent working hard, but still unable to afford health insurance premiums. The American Academy of Pediatrics will continue to make universal coverage its number one priority. The physicians of America believe that adequate health coverage and access to health care services are vitally important to their patients and to the nation. Despite economic prosperity and substantial job creation during the last decade, there remains a considerable and increasing portion of the American population that does not have health insurance coverage.