Tampa Bay Times
By: Allison Graves
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The rate of uninsured children in Florida dropped from 14.8 percent in 2009 to 6.2 percent in 2016, according to a September 2017 Georgetown Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families study. That’s a reduction from 601,000 uninsured children to 257,000.
The report says Florida’s progress is a result of improvements for children through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program and gives credit to the Affordable Care Act signed by President Barack Obama.
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