Comments on: Florida’s Kids Suffer Again

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:44:05 +0000

Many women who are pregnant can go to Medicaid to get their prenatal coverage, along with delivery and visits up to the 8th week after the child is born. Afterwards, Kidcare is there to help pay for the child’s healthcare through the age of 18. This is common knowledge to many people who are low-income. Determining the cause of premature birth is always under invesitigation and many not-for-profit organizations are in the community, at hospitals and health fairs to help prevent this problem. Additional information can be found at : http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/ess/medicaid.shtml

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:43:45 +0000

It is a tough call because you have some people who truly get pregnant unexpectedly and then you have the people who are negligent and spit out kid after kid. I agree with Senta that most of these people would rather have a cool cell phone or new rims on their car than worry about health insurance.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:42:59 +0000

i agree. people need to be accountable. they cant do whatever they want and expect things to just be perfect.

By: Senta

Senta — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:34:04 +0000

yes, if they cannot afford insurance then they should be applying for medicaid. but the situation is more so that these people are careless and they would rather have a cool cell phone than health insurance. then when they get knocked up, again by being careless, they wonder why the insurance companies won’t take them. its like calling a car insurance company after getting in a car accident. give me a break, when are people going to start being held accountable.