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Thursday, January 22, 2015   

PHOENIX – Miles de niños de Arizona no reciben la atención médica que requieren desde que el estado dejó de subsidiar el programa KidsCare, que daba seguro médico a las familias de bajos ingresos.

Así lo revela
un reporte reciente del Centro para Niños y Familias de la Universidad Georgetown y concluye que al menos 14 mil niños y niñas se quedaron sin seguro hace un año, porque terminó el citado programa.

El Dr. Timothy Jordan, pediatra de Phoenix especializado en desarrollo, opina que el problema radica en que algunas familias que recibían KidsCare no pueden pagar coaseguros y deducibles de seguros médicos bajo la Affordable Care Act (Ley de Atención Asequible).

“Es mucho, mucho, mucho más caro con los planes de marketplace, que con KidsCare, si tienes un niño con necesidad de atenciones especiales, como el autismo o parálisis cerebral.”

Jordan explica que con KidsCare una familia con un niño que tenga necesidades especiales pagaba apenas 20 dólares al mes por todo el tratamiento médico. Pero bajo un plan de seguro de Marketplace, dice, la misma familia puede llegar a pagar miles de dólares de su bolsillo por el mismo tratamiento.

El Dr. Jordan afirma que el gobierno federal cubría hasta el 75 por ciento del costo de KidsCare, como parte del Children’s Health Insurance Program (Programa de Seguro Médico para Niños), conocido como CHIP por sus siglas en inglés. Sugiere que el programa podría simplificarse si se nacionalizara.

“Creo que debiéramos tener un plan nacional KidsCare que cubriera el costo al 100 por ciento. Sólo darle a los estados el 100 por ciento de los costos y no tendrían excusa para brindar esa atención. No sería mucho más.”

El reporte de Georgetown destaca casos como el de una niña con Lupus y problemas cardiacos que fue hospitalizada porque su familia no podía pagar las visitas del médico ni las medicinas que necesitaba. Estima que, en promedio, uno de cada cinco niños en los Estados Unidos tienen necesidades especiales de salud.


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