Delaying care until Healthy Families came along

Sylvia Lopez knows all too well the struggle of not having health insurance for her children. Before finding coverage, Sylvia’s three children – Miriam (age 12), Emmanuel (age 9), and Maria (age 4) – would lay awake at night with toothaches.

Unable to afford the cost of treatment, Sylvia would try home remedies to alleviate their dental pain, and keep her children home from school, hoping the pain would soon go away. Likewise, when her children got sick, Sylvia often could not afford to seek prompt treatment for their illnesses. 

That all changed three years ago when Sylvia purchased health insurance for Miriam and Emmanuel through the Healthy Families Program and for Maria through a local Healthy Kids insurance program.3 The Lopez children are now able to receive all their school‐required immunizations in a timely manner, and they have missed fewer school days due to illnesses.

Sylvia is grateful for the affordable health insurance her children receive through Healthy Families and Healthy Kids, especially because they now have access to routine dental and medical care. Should her children get sick, Sylvia will no longer need to forego treatment for fear of not knowing where to go or how much it will cost.

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