These plans will be available as of January 5, 2009. Cover Florida is a partnership between the State of Florida and 6 private health insurance companies. No tax dollars were required to create the Cover Florida health insurance plans, so i would expect the eligibility requirements will be as stringent as other programs like Florida Kidcare. The objective is to make affordable health insurance available to the 3.8 million uninsured Floridians.
Of course affordable is a relative term and from what I have seen, on their website, these plans are quite expensive for what they offer. So, if you can make it through underwriting for an individual or family plan then these plans are not for you.
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