By Lyle Adriano, Insurance Business America The proportion of children without health insurance in Florida has dropped, according to a recently published study. The state’s figure, however, remains above the national average, marking Florida as one of the five states with the highest rates of uninsured children in the country. The study, released Feb. 11 by […]
February 17, 2016
Thousands of Chronically Ill Children in Florida Without Vital Healthcare
By Cory Pippin, CBS 12 Ten-thousand chronically ill children in our state are being dropped by their specialists, denied proper treatment, and refused essential equipment. It’s the result of a change to Florida’s healthcare designed to save the state money. CBS12 Investigates uncovered this cut in costs is a cut in care. For decades, families […]
February 11, 2016
More Florida Children Are Protected By Health Insurance, But Thousands Still Lack Coverage
By Kathleen McGrory, The Tampa Bay Times The share of kids without health insurance in Florida dropped from 11.7 percent in 2013 to 9.6 percent in 2014, according to a study released Thursday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Observers called the trend “progress” in the effort to expand coverage to all children in Florida. […]
February 1, 2016
Schechtman: Legislature Must Continue To Give Florida Kids a Healthy Chance
Dr. Tommy Schechtman, Special to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel With the culmination of Children’s Week in Tallahassee, I am reminded of the number of children who still don’t have access to quality health care. More than 377,000 Florida children are uninsured, and about 28,673 of those children live in Palm Beach County, which has the […]
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