The Obama administration has made it a top priority to rework the American healthcare system and rightfully so. The current system is broken. According to the US census more then 43 million Americans went without health insurance in 2007. However, even more appalling then this is that more then 5 million children went without health coverage. These uninsured children are the most important statistic that must be corrected.

Children, especially those under the age of 16, rely on their parents or guardians to provide them with life’s necessities. However, when parent’s cannot or do not provide proper care of their children, society should step in to ensure their well being. In this case the necessity that society needs to provide, through government intervention, is quality health insurance for all children.

Quality healthcare is a necessity for children. It helps protect them while they are young and vulnerable allowing them to become productive members of society when they are older. Untreated health problems, like asthma or diabetes, in children can lead to serious problems later in life or even death. Quality preventative healthcare, while in your youth, also allow people to live longer more fulfilling lives.

Although President Obama’s lofty goal of making quality and affordable healthcare available is admirable, it is more important that we ensure that our children are protected. We need to insure that those who can not provide for themselves are looked after. We need to insure that our youth have a chance to become our future.