As friends worry out loud about how they’ll pay for their kids’ college education, the parents of children with special needs have worries that extend beyond the few years it takes to get a college degree: How will we pay for the special therapies our child needs now? Who will …
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How Can The Affordable Care Act Help Kids?
The Affordable Care Act can help some uninsured people with low incomes, pre-existing medical conditions, or seniors finally find affordable health care coverage. But can these laws benefit my kids? – Elisa There’s some confusion around these laws, so it’s important to learn as much as you can about the …
How to Find Affordable Health Care
Many kids in the United States aren’t covered by health insurance, or are covered by plans with high deductibles and limited benefits. If your kids are among them because you can’t afford adequate coverage or your employer-sponsored plan doesn’t cover everything, don’t despair. Programs are available that provide affordable — even free …
How to Shop for Health Insurance
In America today, we all need health insurance. You do. Your kids do. It’s not a “nice to have” anymore — it’s a “must-have.” And that’s the law. In most cases, parents who aren’t covered (or don’t have their kids covered) by health insurance might have to pay a fine …
Preparing Your Child for Anesthesia
Providing Support If your child needs to have an operation, you probably have plenty of questions, many of them about anesthesia. You may wonder if your child will feel pain during the operation, be aware of what’s going on, wake up in the middle of the surgery and be scared, …
School-Based Health Centers
Getting health care for your child can be complicated. Many doctors only offer appointments during the school day, and their offices might be far from school. To see the doctor, your child might have to miss school and you might have to leave work — which isn’t always an option. …
Taking Care of You: Support for Caregivers
If your child has a serious illness, the caretaking that falls to you is undoubtedly intense. But of course you do it willingly. After all, you’d do anything for your child, including switching places in a minute if only that were possible. Instead you give all that you can, in …
Types of Anesthesia
If your child is having surgery or a procedure, it can help to understand how the various types of anesthesia make the experience more comfortable. Anesthesia is broken down into three main categories: general, regional, and local, all of which affect the nervous system in some way and can be …
When Your Child’s in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
It can be stressful whenever kids are in the hospital — and even more so when they’re admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). But a basic understanding of the people and equipment in the PICU can help you feel better prepared to help your child recover. What’s the …
Chemotherapy
Numerous medical advances have helped health care professionals manage, lessen, and prevent certain side effects of cancer treatments. But parents whose kids need chemotherapy — one of the most common treatments for childhood cancer — often have many questions and concerns about it. About Chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often just called “chemo”) …