By Alex Blum | Los Angeles Times, Sep 15, 2009

Along with every other pediatrician I know, I have seen far too often the unconscionable consequences of children not having health care coverage.

One case still haunts me.

In the middle of one night during my training at a county hospital outside Los Angeles, a 12-year-old boy arrived at the emergency room. He was having a seizure. From a brain scan, we made the terrible diagnosis: He had suffered a massive stroke. At best, he would be severely disabled for the rest of his life.

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