Welfare and healthcare

This is a response to the Texas State & Local Government blog that I read on December 11, 2007. I agree that more parents need to enroll in the CHIP and Medicaid programs. The reason why they don't is because it is a lot of work to get enrolled in Medicaid. If you have ever been to the welfare office you know you will be there all day and may not get to see anyone. Matthew should have mentioned the inadequate system we have that provides these services. CHIP also had a 90 day waiting period and if they provided insurance at your work you would have to go through another process to try to get some insurance for your children. Another thing parents do not consider is if your child gets hospitalized the bills can be outrageous. Many parents think that they can just ignore the bill and nothing will happen, but the reality is that is why hospital and insurance prices are going up. Someone has to pay for all of the medical care. CHIP has had a few television programs, but not enough to make a real difference and I have to agree more advertising should be put out there. Here we can see again that prevention is not be exercised in Texas. Overall his blog was good, but could have expanded on a few areas and perhaps listed the source from which he got the first sentence of his paper.