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FLORIDA - A low cost health care service for kids has been expanded to every uninsured child in the state... But half a million florida kids remain uninsured.

State leaders are trying to get the word out so every kid is covered.

The average cost to families is about 20 dollars a month.

About 1.5 million Floridians are enrolled in KidCare. Still about 500,000 kids remain uncovered.

70,000 people who were added to the program last year. Chief Financial Office Alex Sink says hard economic times caused the surge.Kid Care Enrollment
 

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Local Weather:

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

Dry weather will continue this week and into the weekend. A weak cold front will bring cooler temps for the middle and end of the week. Temps will cool by about 10 degrees.

Tropical Update: Sub-Tropical Storm Laura continues to move northward in the North/Central Atlantic. The system will not come near the Gulf Of Mexico.


 

 

 

 
   
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

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