The Moral Case for Covering Children (and Everyone Else) - Len M. Nichols
Publications Thursday, March 1st, 2007Abstract:
Before the crucial upcoming debate over re-authorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and all of the 10,000 general health reform questions that this discussion will engender, we should consider one fundamental moral question, for our answer will reveal the kinds of policies we actually want to pursue: Who should be allowed to sit at our health care table of plenty? This essay sketches an answer to this question, drawing on the literature of various faith traditions as well as recent health services research. The short answer is: Everyone, but poor kids have a special place reserved for them.
“The Moral Case for Covering Children (and Everyone Else),” Health Affairs 26:2 (March/April 2007) pp. 405-07.
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