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Florida Not There Yet, Pt.1 – Where does Florida rank?

This is not “good news”, but it is good to know. One of our watchdogs, an advocate group called Florida Health Insurance Web alerts us of some serious problems, found posted on TransWorldNews’ Health and Wellness News section. The leading discovery is where Florida was found in new national health insurance/care rankings. Florida was found next to the bottom, just above Oklahoma for childrens’ access to health insurance/care. This information was provided by the “first-ever state-by-state health system report focused on children's” health care, as stated in the article. The findings also purport that the cost of their health insurance is above that which is normal and, when combined with other findings, infer that Florida’s children, statistically, have less likelihood of 'Living a long healthy life.'

The article further assesses that : "Florida has one of the worst health care systems in the nation." About one out of every five children in Florida are not covered by health insurance. It’s not news that group health insurance is diminishing in Florida, just like it is everywhere else. But health insurance consultant, Kirsten Portrie asserts "if we do not address the reality of Florida's health care problem, we will never be able to fix it." Giving further detail, Kirsten adds that Florida is the lowest in the country for access to health insurance/care, also last for the quality of that care, worst in cost of medical treatment and the least likely in the US for their children to “lead happy healthy lives."

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