Parents forgo treatments for children as out-of-pocket costs rise

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Studies have shown that uninsured children have less access to health care services. But what about children with insurance that carries expensive out-of-pocket costs? Assistant Professor Pinar Karaca-Mandic found that children of parents who pay more out-of-pocket costs use their asthma control medication less often and have more asthma-related hospitalizations.