Local childcare centers continue struggling following insurance companies dropping coverage and changing liability policies in Pittsburgh.
Local Childcare Centers in Pittsburgh Struggle After Insurance Companies Continue Dropping Coverage and Changing Liability Policies
With economic challenges, local childcare centers in Pittsburgh struggled even more after several insurance companies decided to drop coverage and change liability policies, wherein local childcare centers expressed their concerns for their daily operations because local childcare centers are required to have liability insurance.
According to a report published in Public Source, the liability insurance of local childcare centers varies depending on the policies, but with the lack of insurance companies, local childcare centers were facing financial struggles, affecting their operation and services.
Following the struggles of local childcare centers in Pittsburgh, local departments made efforts to know the difficulties of local childcare centers through surveys and providing them with programs to assist them with their financial burdens after several insurance companies dropped their coverage.
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Local Childcare Centers Continue Struggling Financially Despite Several Efforts to Help Them
Despite efforts to help them, local childcare centers continue struggling financially as insurance companies drop their coverage or change their liability policies, affecting their overall operation and services provided.
After financial struggles due to liability insurance problems, several local childcare centers also suffered from low salaries for childcare providers, insufficient facilities and materials, and a lack of childcare services provided, Kidsburgh reported.
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