First off I realize that both of these things aren't a new occurrence but they become more of an issue in a pandemic.

I would think that the number of children that are uninsured in the state has to have increased a lot in the last few months. I imagine a lot would qualify for Medicaid but I'm sure that process isn't quick and depending on the criteria there could be kids that don't qualify. So how are the schools going to handle that, because if you don't have insurance or some sort of coverage there is a correlation between not seeking medical care. It's foolish to think that every child that may have covid-19 won't have symptoms that will need to be treated. For that matter even kids that have commercial insurance usually the deductibles are prohibitive and if there's a reduction in income or one of the parents loses a job again there's a disincentive to seek care.

Let's just be realistic typical kids diseases are still going to occur, you're still going to have the common cold and strep throat and the flu all of which have some symptoms in common with covid-19. How is that all going to be handled.

If they are going to insist on sending students back into the classroom they need to have a way to provide medical care or at least fast track getting these kids on to Medicaid if they qualify and have the need.