Ensuring that children have comprehensive and continuous health insurance coverage is good not only for a child’s health and quality of life in the short-term, but also a smart investment for the long-term. On average, child health coverage is exponentially less expensive than adult coverage. Studies have demonstrated that the health care costs of children are about one-tenth the health care costs of 9 Targeted health interventions, such as providing comprehensive asthma care to children, have the potential to reduce public health care costs in short and long term, . through reduced emergency room use
