Monday, July 5, 2010

Not all children have access to the same benefits

When we started our company we had a naive belief that we could provide services for all children no matter what their parents financial situation was. However, we have unfortunately learned the hard way that because of our costs of providing services we can't always do what we intended. We have been able to provide some services by offering small group therapy to those who don't have adequate insurance coverage but that isn't an adequate substitute for one-on-one therapy. The problems we have come across seem to be a direct result of our current economic tsunami and the inadequate coverage provided by services such as medicaid. Due to the rising costs of private health insurance many parents are forced to take catastrophic coverages with high deductibles and high out of pocket costs. Also due to the rise in unemployment many people are losing their coverages altogether. The other consequence of the downturn in the economy is the severe underfunding of agencies and charities.
It is now my belief that I need to start a charitable arm of our organization to provide funding for children who don't have adequate coverage and provide funding for reputable agencies.

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