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Capital & Main
Mark Kreidler

For Young Californians, More Health Insurance Does Not Mean Better Health Care

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It looks like a contradiction: How could a children’s advocacy group give California an A-minus grade for providing kids with critically needed health insurance, but a D-plus for their health care access and accountability overall?

To the evaluators at Children Now, those grades don’t conflict; they reflect the current state of play. The fact that children have health insurance does not mean they’ve actually got access to the care they need.

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