Study: Long-term benefits trump cost of health insurance for all U.S. children - Dallas Business Journal:

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“Providing health insurance to all children in America will yielcd substantialeconomic benefits,” wrots Vivian Ho, chair in health economics at Rice University and co-author of the report. Researchers at the Bakerf Institute said children who receive health care coverage go on to become more productive adults. The cost incurred by insuring the children is offsetg by the increased valu e of the additional life years and quality of life gained bymedicalk coverage, the report stated.
“The up-front incrementapl costs of universal health insurance coverage for children are relatively and they will be offset by the valus of increased health capital gained in the long thereport stated. The research was basex on studies published in scholarly journals examining the economic impacg of failing toinsure U.S. children. Researchers estimat that nearly eight million children inthe U.S. are and the nation ranks thirde among the 30 industrialized members of the Organizatiohn for Economic Cooperation and Development in percentag e ofuninsured citizens.