Some homeschool parents deprive their children of medical care, or are opposed to modern medicine altogether. Some believe in faith healing, or practice unassisted home births. The results are sometimes fatal. In addition, without a school requesting medical records, there is nothing to ensure that homeschooled children visit a doctor, and some may go their entire childhoods without once being examined by a medical professional. In some cases this can have devastating consequences, leaving a child with otherwise preventable lifelong health problems.
Medical neglect played a role in each of the following cases in the HIC database:
- Peter Kema, Jr., and 3 siblings
- Girl by Hyacinth Poouahi
- Shaelynn Lehano-Stone
- Alysha Quate, and 2 siblings
- David Martinez
- Wesley Jordan
- Jack Garcia
- Joseph Bishop
- Seth Johnson, and 6 siblings
- Natalie Finn, and 4 siblings
- 3 Children of Joshua and Brandi Weyant
- 5 Children of Donell Barron and Rikki Hart
- 2 Children of Richard and Cynthia Kelly
- 5 Children of the ‘Springs Monster’
- Gypsy Blancharde
- 14 Children of Daniel and Jenise Spurgeon
- Daughter of Julio Valladares and Linda Richmond
- 2 Children of Timothy Hogan and Patricia Haugstad-Hogan
- 3 Children of Jim and Paige Nachtigal
- Dylan Seabridge, and 1 Sibling
- Daughter of Aravindan Balakrishnan and Sian Davies
- 4 Children of John Paul and Danielle Woolley
- 2 Children of Quincy Hazel and Sabrina Golden-Hazel
- 8 Children of Jondrew Lachaux and Kellie Phillips
- Isaiah Torres
- Victoria Evans, Alloma Gilbert, and Christopher Spry
- 3 Children of Chianna and LaTrecia Hendrix
- 14 Children by Roland and Jacques Robidoux
- Leonard Cammalleri
- 4 children of Lucinda and Edward Sizemore Sr.
- Raysate Knight
- 7 Children of Sonia Kubisak
- Granddaughter of Steve and Joetta Sells
- 4 Children of Raymond and Ida Thurmond
- 10 Children of Dave and Wonda Dixon
- Aaron Norman
- 13 children of Winnfred Wright
- Jessica Crank
- 11 Children of Jeremy and Christine Long
- 7 Children of Adrienne Bartholomew and James Brothers
- 2 Children of James and Anne Cardona
- 4 Children of John and Margie Cantrell
- 5 children of Robert Simons and Mary Tittle
- 5 children by Patrick and Sherry Kelley
- Raashanai Coley
- Justin Carlos, and 6 siblings
- 16 children of Richard Jay Swank
- 15 children of Bill and Debbie Rettew
- Children of Kelleen Murray-Auguste
- Antonio Rader
- 3 children of Kate Parker
- Rainbow Lord, and 2 siblings
- Four Children of M.A.H. and R.J.H.
- 7 Children of Thomas Halbesleben and Jessica Halbesleben
- Hannah Davenport
- 10 children of Jack and Kathy Stratton
- Lance Planck
- LoReyna Barea
- Alexander Perkins and 1 Sibling
- Anna Farmer
- Michaela and Caleb Parker
- 3 children by Iliana, Rogelio, and Tim Archuleta
- 5 children of Sinhue Johnson and Louann Bowers
- Boy by Christina Thomas and Peggy Starr
- 4 Children of David and Angela Lore
- Alexandru Radita
- GW by Jeffrey "Adam" Kraft and Michele L. Buckner-Kraft
- Aidan Edward Bossingham, and 2 siblings
- Amanda Bates
- Trenay Cheire Duchane, and 1 sibling
- Genesis Sims
- Cheyenne Noell Wolf
- Neil Beagley
- Shane Graham and 10 Siblings
- Child of Daniel Ballard
- Madeline Kara Neumann
- Hannah, Noah, Mollie, and Josiah Carroll
- Christina Corrigan
- 3 Children of Laurie Williamson
- Willie Robinson
- Molly Holt
- Child of Robert Hohn and Shannon Watterson
- Christopher Forder
- Ricky Holland
- Matthew Degner and 4 Siblings
- Jaquan Porter
- Child of Tammy Renea Andrews
- Eric Cottam
- Rachel L., Jonathan L., and Mary Grace L.
- Children of Tom and Debra Schmitz
- Katelyn Colbie Pendleton
- Child of Roberto Fortin II
- 6 Children of Maj. John and Carolyn Jackson
- Christina Glenn