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This morning, SB 1022 Relating to Health Flex Plans by Senator Durell Peaden (R-Pensacola) was unanimously passed by the Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee.
The Health Flex Plan Program was established to offer basic affordable health care services to low-income, uninsured residents. The bill expands the population eligible to purchase Health Flex plans by raising the income limit from 200 to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. This will hopefully offer businesses and employees another
choice for health care in the state.
SB 1022 will now head to the Senate floor for its second reading.
AIF supports market-based solutions to the problem of Florida’s uninsured. These individuals typically rely on emergency rooms for their primary care. Unfortunately, this kind of care is the most expensive option. Expanding access for low-income employees to health flex plans is sound public policy.
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