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Following the lead of Massachusetts and Illinois, many states are now debating extending universal health insurance coverage to their children or all of their residents. The papers in the opening section of this thematic issue on children’s health go well beyond that contentious debate. Can we take the next crucial step from providing coverage to all children to actually building a system that nourishes and sustains a child’s good health and well-being over the course of a lifetime? How do we build it, and how do we measure it — but, most of all, why is it crucial to start . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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