Health plan created by Republican House leaders has zero clients
by Michael C. Bender | September 17th, 2009A program advertised by Republican House leaders as a solution for many of the state’s 3.6 million residents without health insurance still has no insurers or businesses signed up, according to a report from Health News Florida.
That makes (Florida Health Choice) even less successful than the program created at the same time, Gov. Charlie Crist’s “Cover Florida.” At the end of July, Cover Florida had about 4,130 policies. …
The results so far mean neither Crist nor Marco Rubio, his opponent in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, can use the state’s efforts on the uninsured as campaign fodder. Rubio pushed the Health Choices plan as House Speaker.
The idea was that Florida Health Choices would promise employers a free market where any package of care could be sold by approved providers, including chiropractors, dentists, and other non-traditional sources of insurance. The benefits would be paid for with pre-tax dollars.
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