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Report: FL Ranks 49th For Uninsured Children

Florida Health News 

By Carol Gentry

October 29th, 2015

More than 67,000 Florida children gained health insurance coverage last year with the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Wednesday by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute.

“This was a very exciting year,” said Joan Alker, one of the authors. “Because the Affordable Care Act drew so much attention in 2014 (good and bad!), and there were so many outreach and enrollment activities, parents who came in for coverage often found out that their kids were eligible” for a public program.

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