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Health Insurance: Orphaned and Stranded

With nearly three million residents lacking health insurance and increasing numbers of employers dropping or reducing coverage to workers because of rising costs, you would think the topic would get

By Phil Galewitz | Updated on August 31, 2007

With nearly three million residents lacking health insurance and increasing numbers of employers dropping or reducing coverage to workers because of rising costs, you would think the topic would get some attention from state policymakers. Sadly, health insurance is not even in the top three insurance issues as Florida officials try to tackle rising property insurance costs, decide the future of no-fault, and figure out what to do with the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.

But for a few hours in August in Miami, some state officials actually talked about reforming the state’s woeful health system. But don’t get any crazy ideas about Florida following Massachusetts, Wisconsin, or California — states where governors have made health reform job number one.

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