Florida Gov. Bush Signs Bill To Expand KidCare Enrollment Period

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health
Article Date: 05 Jun 2005 - 0:00 PDT

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Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) on Wednesday signed a bill to allow low-income families to enroll children in... KidCare, the state's child health insurance program, throughout the year, the AP/Florida Times-Union reports (Royse, AP/Florida Times-Union, 6/1). The law reverses a 2004 change to the program that limited enrollment to two months annually. Florida held the first KidCare enrollment period of 2005 in January and was planning to hold a second enrollment period in September before the legislation became law. Enrollment in KidCare decreased from about 350,000 last year to 239,000 children in April (Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 4/11).

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