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Florida Sees Drop in Residents with Commercial Insurance  Dec.21, 2011 | WMFE - A new report says many Floridians are living without health insurance...and the number of uninsured is growing. State health care officials say enrollment in commercial health insurance has dropped for the fifth year in a row. Commercial health insurance is the kind available for individuals and small groups, and through many employers. A new report from the Florida Health Care Insurance Advisory Board says the number of Floridians carrying it dropped 4.3 percent during 2010. Looking back at 2006, 4.5 million Floridians were covered by commercial health insurance, but after five straight years of decline, that number now stands at 3.7 million. At the same time, enrollment under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act increased by 30 percent. That program is for people who lost their previous coverage through no fault of their own, and have no other health insurance option. The report says Florida’s persistent economic woes are most likely to blame. |
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