Standard of care in children's insurance plan questioned

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Standard of care in children's insurance plan questioned

More than a million California children who lack health insurance will qualify for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. When so-called "Obamacare" takes effect in 2014, more children from poor families will qualify for Medi-Cal,Others will get subsidies for private, low-cost insurance through a new state exchange.

Fourth-grader Arylu Paniagua, 9, receives an immunization shot from registered nurse Patricia McGleam in the Loyola Pediatric Mobile Health Unit, parked outside Columbus West Elementary School, February 22, 2005 in Cicero, Illinois. The Loyola Pediatric Mobile Health Unit, the first 'doctor's office on wheels' in the Midwest which provides free medical care to underserved and uninsured children, reached its 1,500 clinic visit in the community with this stop. The unit, the first if its kind in the world, serves as a national model for other children's hospitals and started traveling in the fall of 1998 with one community partner and now has 350 community partners in the Chicago area.

More than a million California children who lack health insurance will qualify for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. When so-called "Obamacare" takes effect in 2014, more children from poor families will qualify for Medi-Cal,Others will get subsidies for private, low-cost insurance through a new state exchange.

More than a million California children who lack health insurance will qualify for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. When so-called "Obamacare" takes effect in 2014, more children from poor families will qualify for Medi-Cal,

Others will get subsidies for private, low-cost insurance through a new state exchange. But as Elaine Korry reports, childrens' advocates are concerned some kids won't get the best coverage.