I just paid health insurance for my daughter. She's insured with Florida Kid Care Corporation. The following is a direct quote from the healthykids.com website where you can learn more about the Florida Kid Care health insurance program for kids:
"The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation was established in 1990 by the Florida Legislature as a public-private initiative to improve access to comprehensive health insurance for the state's uninsured children. The founding of the program came about as a result of an article that was published in the March 31, 1988, New England Journal of Medicine by Steve A. Freedman, Ph.D., F.A.A.P., Director of the Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida.
The Corporation helps thousands of uninsured children gain access to affordable, quality health care. Healthy Kids acts as a quasi-single payer financing mechanism by aggregating local, state, federal and family funds to pay premiums to commercial health plans who assume the insurance risk. This program is unique because it is designed to provide affordable access to health insurance coverage for working families for whom the payment of the full premium would be out of reach.
Participation by school districts, health plans and other entities in this initiative is voluntary and a key factor in the program's success. With operational sites statewide, Florida Healthy Kids is poised to make quality health care available to uninsured kids in the State of Florida. The broad coverage of the benefit structure, from immunizations to transplants to dental services, seeks to ensure that children in the State of Florida are able to enjoy the continuity of care that is essential to their health, well being and development."
