Lawmakers Promote Health Care For Kids

The policy I will be discussing is health care. This article discusses how the government wants to ensure that kids will have universal health care. Although the plan has not yet gone into full effect, positive changes are slowly coming around.

An idea thought of by a Washington group advocating for public health benefits for children was to raise cigarette taxes substantially and use the extra money for the children. Congress has also made considerations around the cigarette tax idea that can help the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). However different state capitols are affected differently which in turn leads to some states wanting to promote the idea and others don’t.

Cost always remains a concern when governors attempt to propose universal health care. However policymakers are continually increasing ways to find a way to promote a better life for society and provide universal health care for children.

In my opinion I have mixed feelings about raising cigarette taxes. No matter how expensive a product costs, if a person wants that product they will buy it. If taxes are raised on cigarettes, people who smoke will not care because they want to smoke their cigarettes. However, I do believe this policy about raising taxes for cigarettes should go into effect because some people may stop smoking and it is always better something that nothing. One the other hand, it will help bring in a lot of funds for a child’s health care cost. In my opinion, children are more important than anything. They are our future and if we keep the world and its future healthy, the world will be around for a longer time. In order to get universal health care for society, we need to start somewhere. Once we have a starting point and make efforts, eventually things will learn to go into place. I hope.