Kids are getting shortchanged on medical care due to cost. Even among parents who have insurance, the high cost of health care is keeping them from taking their children to the doctor, according to a new study.

For this study, researchers wanted to see what affects a family’s decision to put off or go without medical care. They included the cost of health care in relation to the family’s income, and having a child with physical, social, behavioral, or cognitive limitations.

Families with health insurance are not immune to the rising costs of health care, and still face the burdens of premiums, deductibles, and co-pays.

The study was led by Lauren E. Wisk, a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the School of Medicine and Public Health at University of Wisconsin, Madison, who examined data from 6,273 families with at least one child.

‘It Costs Too Much to be Healthy