Children's Health Fund Persuasive Speech

In 2011, Deamonte Driver, a 12 year old from Missouri, died after an infection from his molar spread to parts of his brain. He didn’t know that this infection existed, and his family couldn’t send their children to the hospital or the dentist to get it checked. Their Medicaid plan had lapsed, and the family had lost their home. Many children around the U.S. miss their well-child checkups each year. They may have never visited the hospital, even when they’re sick. This is why I have come to convince all of you to donate to my charitable organization, The Children’s Health Fund. Founded in 1987, the Children’s Health Fund provides affordable healthcare to underserved children living in poverty across the U.S. Children are the future of
our nation. But, they need to stay strong and healthy to be able to make our nation a better place for future generations. It is a trusted charity, rated 4 out of 5 by Charity Navigator. Donating to the Children’s Health Fund enables the organization to dispatch mobile medical clinics to hard hit cities across the nation. Here is why you should donate to the Children’s Health Fund. The Children’s Health Fund uses their donations to do five main things. One, they provide healthcare to children. Second, they keep kids ready to learn and go to school. They also educate children on basic skills, and teach other needed life skills. Third, they also research and innovate technology that can improve health care. They also send out mobile medical clinics to areas of disaster, and towns in crises. The Children’s Health Fund also advocates for children’s health. I am going to expand on the mobile medical clinics, which is a very important part of the charitable organization. The Blue Buses travel throughout the U.S. and contains many medical equipment and officials who have help out children and families. There are many professionals who understand the struggle and difficulties that these families are going through. They understand how pained parents feel when they see their child sick, but cannot do anything about it, because they can’t afford the costs. There are 8 medical professionals who specialize in different fields, from health education to health care, who help children with the graciousness in their heart, not for the money. 3.3.
Million children in the U.S. do not have health insurance. Their families can’t afford money to send them to the hospital. They might be homeless. The Children’s Health Fund provides healthcare to vulnerable children across the nation. Andrea Eaton, a single mother of five children, cannot afford to buy health insurance for them. Her children do not get full coverage because their mother earns 4 more dollars than the maximum salary to get full benefits, for Medi-Cal, a state-funded program. Also, Eaton’s son has a bad case of asthma. He has a rare form of asthma, and is more suspectible to get an attack. Andrea Eaton couldn’t send her children to a child state-funded medical program, because her children had both gotten pink eye, and were denied coverage for that reason. She states, “"The whole time I've had this, I've never taken my kids to the doctor once, because I can't afford it.” If Andrea Eaton had worked an hour less at her job, she would have been able to get full benefits. However, she has four children at home, so every penny matters. This is just one example of the struggles that children, along with their parents go through. Before they go to bed, they continuously worry about tomorrow, whether their children might get sick, or injured, etc. These parents have to be extra cautious with their children, because they might not be able to afford the expenses for an injured or sick
child. The late night sound of a child coughing uncontrollably. A flushed face that means a fever. A happy child stuck in bed with an illness. Parents take quick and urgent measures to protect their child. They bring their children to the hospital. However, a growing number of parents in the U.S. can’t afford to take their children on emergency trips to the E.R. They just hope that maybe their child will be okay, with some Ibuprofen and rest. Jamie, a person who can’t afford health insurance, once stated, “If it can't be fixed with Advil, NyQuil and a good night's sleep I don't really have a solution for it.” From 2003-2013, Employer-based health insurance preminums for family coverage increased. 59% of pediatricians across the U.S. say that it is harder to get payments from their patients. Furthermore, they are seeing more and more patients who can’t afford to pay for their health care. As of 2017, 20.3 million people under the age of 18 do not have health insurance. I have discussed why you should all donate money to my charity, The Children’s Health Fund. Each and every day, 3 children die per hour because their families can’t afford health insurance. Donate and save these poor cihldren. Children are the future of our nation, and we need them to be healthy and strong. Do your part in donating to the Children’s Health Fund, and keep our children safe and strong. Our children deserve to be happy and energetic, playing outside, rather than in bed, miserable, and missing out on their valuable education at school. Make a difference today and donate to the Children’s Health Fund.