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Kids’ health insurance program faces uncertainty in Florida

The Ledger

By: Christine Sexton

A top Republican state senator is warning that Florida will not able to keep a major children’s health-insurance program running if Congress doesn’t authorize additional money in the near future.

An analysis by Georgetown University, however, has predicted that some states including Florida could run out of money sooner. The university’s Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families said Florida and other states could run out of money before the end of February, based on public data. The report suggested it may be hard to accurately predict exactly when funding will run out because Congress has tinkered with the rules used to redistribute unspent money to states.

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