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The Florida Childrens Health Insurance Study Jill Boylston Herndon, PhD Betsy Shenkman, PhD Prepared for the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation January 2008 Study Objectives To develop statewide estimates of uninsured children in
Jill Boylston Herndon, PhD Betsy Shenkman, PhD Prepared for the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation January 2008
To develop statewide estimates of
To compare the sociodemographic
To estimate KidCare Program
Information collected on the following:
Enumeration of household members including
Health insurance coverage of each household member Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
Employment and earnings information
Random dialing digit survey of households in each of Florida’s 67 counties
Only households with children under age 19 were eligible to complete the survey
Oversampled counties at higher risk for having uninsured children with survey results weighted by the appropriate universe size of children in each county
Interviews conducted in English, Spanish, and Creole from August 2007 – November 2007
Average interview length of 25 minutes
Targeted number of completed
Reporting on: 2,220 interviews
12.6%3 2007 12.1%2 2004 15.0%1 2002 Uninsured Children in Florida
1 Florida Children’s Health Insurance Survey, 2002 2 Florida Health Insurance Survey, 2004 3 Florida Children’s Health Insurance Survey, 2007
Employment Based, 50.3% Uninsured, 12.6% Other, 1.0% Medicare, Military & Other Public, 4.9% Medicaid & Title XXI, 24.8% Private, Individually Purchased, 6.4%
62% of uninsured children in Florida were
87% of insured children had coverage for
61% 32% 8% 55% 33% 12% 57% 27% 16% 0-4 Years 5-11 Years 12-18 Years Private Public Uninsured
71% 22% 8% 39% 42% 19% 32% 46% 22% White Non- Hispanic Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Private Public Uninsured
16% 61% 23% 16% 61% 23% 39% 40% 22% 67% 23% 11% 88% 10% 2% <100% FPL 101-150% FPL 151-200% FPL 201-300% FPL >300% FPL Private Public Uninsured
66% 21% 13% 55% 37% 8% 55% 33% 12% 38% 54% 8% No Screeners Met One Screener Met Two Screeners Met Three Screeners Met Private Public Uninsured
84% of insured children and 73% of uninsured
84% of insured children have an insured parent
Children whose parents are self-employed are more likely to
25% of uninsured children have parents who are employed
14% of uninsured children have parents who have only
58% of uninsured children had a usual source of care (USC)
Among children with a USC, uninsured children were more
Among children without a USC, the reason cited most often
76% of all respondents indicated that they had heard of at least
Children’s Medical Services Network.
Households with uninsured children were more likely to have heard of KidCare and less likely to be familiar with specific program components compared to households whose children have health coverage.
Families were most likely to learn about KidCare from their children’s school, family or friends, or a doctor’s office.
Families with uninsured children were more likely to report having learned about KidCare from their children’s school or prior program experience.
Medicaid; 268,520; 49% Healthy Kids; 115,080; 21% MediKids; 10,960; 2% Not Eligible; 153,440; 28% Medicaid Healthy Kids MediKids Not Eligible
72% of uninsured children are eligible for KidCare coverage
Approximately, 3% of children who are uninsured and eligible for free or subsidized coverage also meet CMSN clinical eligibility criteria.
20% of children who are uninsured but
40% of eligible but uninsured children are
12.6% (approximately 548,000) of Florida’s children were
The following segments of the child population are at
Uninsured children are more likely to have parents who are
Uninsured children are less likely to have a usual source of
There is good name recognition of the Florida KidCare
72% of uninsured children in Florida are eligible for KidCare