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Coverage Matters. Even though it’s outside the open enrollment period, there’s no reason to go without health insurance for the rest of 2017. You may still be able to enroll under special circumstances or if you qualify for Medicaid. There are certain change of circumstances – or life events –…...

If your children need health coverage, they may be eligible for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – known in Florida as Kidcare –  which provides low-cost health insurance in families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. Enrollment in Kidcare is year-round. Enroll this summer and your children…...

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – known as Kidcare in Florida – provide free or low-cost health coverage to millions of Americans, including some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Even though Florida hasn’t expanded Medicaid to cover all people…...

Getting health coverage is just the first step to healthy and happy. Knowing how to use your health coverage effectively is what comes next. Every health insurance plan purchased on the health marketplace comes with “Essential Health Benefits (EHBs).” Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), every health plan sold on…...

Posted on June 13, 2017 by efofhealthnews David Mendoza knows how much health coverage matters. It was a hard-won lesson that nearly cost him his life. But it could have also cost his family’s financial security. David Mendoza with his son, Kai Mendoza owns a small tree-trimming business in Miami,…...

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Susana Septimo no longer wages a desperate balancing act between staying healthy or going bankrupt. Susana, age 62, has diabetes and glaucoma. She is a housekeeper and has no health insurance through her work. Before she purchased a health marketplace through the Affordable…...