Red Tape

Don't you hate it when you have to wade through a bunch of red tape? Now imagine having to do this knowing your child's life is on the line.

This is what parents have to deal with all throughout the nation when trying to enroll their children in public health care insurance --- and the state with one of the biggest paperwork burden...Texas, where one out of 5 children are uninsured.

What is the point of all the bureaucracy and red tape?

According to the following article "Health Insurance Crisis for Children," this could be intentional...the more difficult the paperwork, the more likely parents will give up trying to obtain health insurance for their children. As a result, less children will enroll in public health insurance and, thus, the state spends less.

This really is despicable and needs to be addressed --- at the federal level.