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reporter: jake, my colleague talked to parents and doctors, just heartbreaking stories. the children need to be in the hospital and the parents have such a hard time accessing a bed. let s talk about why that s happening. rsv is over, that s not the reason why. one of the reasons is that pediatricians and pediatric nurses have kind of been leaving the profession in very disturbingly large numbers. things were so tough and difficult during covid. and there s also been an increase in the need for mental services for children. so that s putting a demand on beds. and dr. manney referenced this, hospitals are closing, often closing their pediatric units. why would they close a pediatric unit over an adult unit? kids don t make that much money. that s the problem. take a look at this number. when you look at the percentage of children in this country who are on medicaid, it s 39%.
only 19% of adults are on medicaid. medicaid pays hospitals at a terrible rate. medicare and private insurance pays much better. when a hospital says we re suffering, we need money. sometimes the kids are the first to go. also when a child is hospitalized, it s often for something like asthma or an infectious disease. that doesn t pay very well. kids don t get coronary bypass. kids don t get hip replacements. those are the things that make hospitals money and that adults get. so often hospitals will opt to fill those beds with adults rather than children. if only kids could vote, right? and give political contributions. what can be done, besides my theoretical world, what could be done to improve access to pediatric care for these kids? reporter: so i like your idea, jake. i think maybe they should try that. they can just increase medicaid rates. they are so low compared to other types of insurance.