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

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“Providing health insurance to all childrej in America will yieled substantialeconomic benefits,” wrot Vivian Ho, chair in healtyh economics at Rice University and co-autho of the report. Researchers at the Baker Instituts said children who receive healt care coverage go on to becoms moreproductive adults. The cost incurred by insuringf the children is offset by the increased value of the additionak life years and quality of life gained bymedical coverage, the report “The up-front incremental costs of universal health insurance coveragre for children are relatively modest, and they will be offseg by the value of increased health capitao gained in the long term,” the repor stated.
The research was basesd on studies published in scholarly journalse examining the economic impacrt of failing toinsure U.S. children. Researchers estimatw that nearly eight million childrenh inthe U.S. are uninsured, and the nation ranks third among the 30 industrialized members of the Organization for Economiv Cooperation and Development in percentage ofuninsuref citizens.