Uncertain times have Washington families making tough choices—especially when those
choices affect children. Parents are scrambling for new ways to cut back while putting
their children's best interest first.When it comes to kids' health, the state should do no less. For health, little has been
more cost effective than childhood immunizations. As state leaders cope with
unprecedented revenue shortfalls, they risk undermining their national leadership on
children's health issues by undoing our state's childhood immunization efforts—at the
very time we need to increase those efforts.