Change in Florida Healthy Kids Plan Leaves Many Vulnerable
Many of Manatee County Florida’s children covered by the Healthy Kids Plan now find themselves without access to their own county hospital after a change in the HMO plan. Some children have also lost access to their normal doctors and specialists after the decision was made to switch from Staywell Health Plan of Florida Inc. to Amerigroup Florida. Now, for children with this plan, the closest hospital is more than half an hour a way, time which could mean life or death in some cases. The change has many in Manatee county asking “how could Florida do this to us?” Read more here