Healthy babies are worth the investment

Prenatal care is important for ensuring babies are born healthy.  Without prenatal care, babies suffer the consequences by being born too soon or too small and a more likely to suffer from behavioral problems, chronic respiratory problems, deafness, blindness, and cerebal palsy. In 2010, almost 1,600 low-income women lost access to prenatal care coverage under [...]

Prenatal care is important for ensuring babies are born healthy.  Without prenatal care, babies suffer the consequences by being born too soon or too small and a more likely to suffer from behavioral problems, chronic respiratory problems, deafness, blindness, and cerebal palsy.

In 2010, almost 1,600 low-income women lost access to prenatal care coverage under Medicaid. We urge the Legislature to pass LB 599 — a bill to restore this coverage — this year.

 

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One Response to “Healthy babies are worth the investment”

  1. Krystal Sautter February 14, 2012 at 8:36 pm #

    To not invest in babies and children is atrocious and simply perpertuates our lack of human capital care and our inability to enhance education levels. To think that we would not care for innocent babies who cannot care for themselves is as unjust as it gets. I don’t know the statistics on this, but I would venture to bet we, as a society, spend more on pet care than we do on infant care. Where are our priorities?

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