Thousands of Florida children have no health insurance. A new infusion of money aims to help
Thousands of children in Florida will have greater access to health care now that legislators have steered more money to a program that reduces the cost of health insurance plans for low- and middle-income families.
The action takes aim at the problem of uninsured children, whose numbers at last count have grown to an estimated 325,000 in Florida, the second-largest total in the nation. The funding will go to the Florida Healthy Kids Corp., a public-private organization that offers health insurance to children up to 18 whose families earn too much income to qualify for Medicaid.
As of June 2018, the program covered 190,713 children across the state through two health plans — one subsidized and the other a “full-pay” plan for families who can pay more.
About four years ago, the full-pay plan became too expensive for many families after federal regulations caused administrators to add benefits, which increased deductibles.
Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/health/thousands-of-florida-children-have-no-health-insurance-a-new-infusion-of-money-aims-to-help-20190517/
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