Thursday, June 9, 2011

Is it child abuse to not provide health insurance for your child?

So many parents don't have insurance for their children. Is this not serious neglect on their part?
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I would differentiate between "abuse" and "neglect". To me, abuse is the willful infliction of harm. Neglect is the failure to avert harm. Within that context, to not provide health insurance is to greatly increase the likelihood of neglect. Naturally, the follow-up question is to consider how someone concerned for the welfare of a child should act. Caution should be employed in such activities. There are knee-jerk reactions in the name of helping children that I believe may actually harm many of them.
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