Florida Delays Children’s Health Insurance Expansion as Uninsured Rate Rises

Florida Delays Children’s Health Insurance Expansion as Uninsured Rate Rises

Like many parents, Tatiana Lafortune wants her children to get a good education, eat nutritious food, and see a doctor when they’re not feeling well. Public schools and her church’s pantry help Lafortune accomplish the first two goals. But insurance to cover doctor visits has been the most difficult to secure. As nursing assistants at a traumatic brain injury rehab center near Tampa, Florida, Lafortune and her husband cannot afford the health in…