Why Health Insurance For Children

In April 2004, community leaders and partners concerned about the increasing number of children without access to comprehensive health insurance, established the Children Health Initiative of San Luis Obispo County (CHIS LO, according to the acronym .)


Mission CHISLO :

Provide an application process a step to ensure that all eligible children enroll in a health plan coverage through insurance programs with existing state funds (Medi-Cal and Healthy Families) and provide Healthy Kids - a product comprehensive health insurance to serve families who do not qualify for health insurance programs in the state.


CHISLO Vision:

All children in the San Luis Obispo County have quality health coverage.
Why health insurance is must?

When parents can not afford to get health insurance, avoid preventive care visits for their children, give up to get care for chronic conditions / high, and only get medical attention or emergency services where patients are hospitalized . Consumers and taxpayers pay unnecessary costs for emergency care. Employers lose productivity of workers to be absent fathers caring for their children.
What difference does have insurance?

Uninsured children have been found in the studies:

* They are twice as likely not to see a doctor in a period of 12 months than children with insurance and have five times as likely to use emergency services as the source of regular care.

* They have a mortality rate of one and half times higher than children with health insurance.

* They have almost twice as likely not to receive care for chronic diseases than insured children