NEW GEORGIA AND FLORIDA HEALTH PLANS UNLIKELY TO REDUCE RANKS OF UNINSURED

7/02/2008

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has issued a report discusses the short comings of high-deductible healthcare plans as enacted by Georgia and Florida to reduce the number of uninured.

Both states have an uninsured rate well above the national average of 18 percent.   The report cites the lack of subsidies and out of pocket expenses make these plans unaffordable for the people they're meant to cover.

Read the full report here.