Florida Underwriter
Kids Left Out
Child-only policies have increased as employers have cut back on family coverage, and covered lives in these plans now number in the hundreds of thousands nationally.
McCarty said he was "not aware of anyone who is going to continue writing them" in Florida. That is bad news for Florida's children, as McCarty further noted, "Some of them are eligible for [the state-sponsored] KidCare health plan.
"There are programs available that do not discriminate based on one's income...but the cost for coverage will inevitably vary," McCarty clarified. "Kids who are one-year-old can be covered through programs (such as KidCare) up until their 19th birthday."
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