A study released Monday proves what Solano County has known for ages: Spending money on children’s health insurance actually saves money in the long run.
After six years of research, the Center for Community Health Studies at the University of Southern California released the data showing that Healthy Kids, a locally funded health insurance program for children, saves California and the federal government up to $7.3 million a year in health care costs.

In fact, the research, which looked at Healthy Kids programs in nine counties, found instances where insurance prevented more than 1,000 unnecessary child hospitalizations per year.

copy and paste the following link for the full story:
http://www.thereporter.com/editorials/ci_7976155