Some of those reasons are tied up with broader issues of health care funding that our Legislature is starting to grapple with in House Bill 133. Those issues are too complex to be solved quickly, and caution will likely lead our politicians to take an incremental approach to reform.

Our kids shouldn't have to wait. Over the past five years there have been only limited opportunities for children to enroll in the Children's Health Insurance Program. A bill by House Speaker Greg Curtis (HB326) would keep CHIP enrollment open. Along with Medicaid, this could offer access to cost-effective health care to almost 70,000 children.

The Intermountain Pediatric Society encourages all legislators to support HB326.

Chuck Norlin

Past president

Intermountain Pediatric Society

Salt Lake City