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Friday, January 4, 2008

It was a normal day. I went to school as usual, and I also had a nice day with classmates and teacher.

Today, I read an article about "Responsibility of paying for N.D. child immunizations shifts" .Insurance providers begin sharing vaccination costs with parents, guardians for many children. The manner in which the child's immunizations are paid for in North Dakota has changed, now that the state no longer provides vaccines free of charge for insured children. The reason: the average cost to immunize a child from birth to age 18 in 1999 was $186, according to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials had risen to an average of $1,137 in 2006. "There are more vaccines, and it's more expensive," Swanson, nursing and nutrition supervisor said. And there's been no change to federal funding to recoup these costs.Of course, the federal government's Vaccines For Children program still will provide vaccinations without cost of children on medical assistance, or who have no health insurance or insurance that does not cover vaccines.American Indians and native Alaskans also are covered.
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It's too expensive to see a doctor in US, so that's not a good news for poor people. Although their children can get the immunization, they also need pay donation. In fact, that's a different form to pay money for vaccines. No one likes this change, but who can help to cancel this change? So far, I don't think anyone can do.

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