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5 surprising facts the fact-checkers learned about Florida

Tampa Bay Times

By: Allison Graves

Every day, PolitiFact Florida researches claims by candidates and elected officials to sort fact from fiction for voters.

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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