In 2003, Florida received HRSA SPG funding to learn more about the uninsured and to develop proposals for extending coverage to all uninsured Floridians. Activities accomplished under the grant include a statewide telephone survey, focus groups with the uninsured, employers, and insurers, as well as key informant interview with insurance companies. The grant came at an opportune time because the Governor's Task Force on Access to Affordable Health Care for Floridians was formed in 2003. The task force is the advisory body that includes key stakeholders to ensure that expansion options are amenable to the people who will offer and use them.

Learn more about the Florida state planning grant effort.

Interim Report, September 2004

Final Report, September 2006

Final Report, September 2006

Duncan, P. et al. "Comparative Findings from the 1999 and 2004 Florida Health Insurance Studies," Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, August 2005.

Duncan, P. et al. "County Estimates of People Without Health Insurance from the 2004 Florida Health Insurance Study," Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, August 2005.

Duncan, P. et al. "Focus Groups Findings: The 2004 Insurance Study," Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, March 2005.

Duncan, P. et al. "Profile of Uninsured Floridians: Findings From the 2004 Florida Health Insurance Study," Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, February 2005.

Duncan, P. et al. "The Florida Health Insurance Study: Telephone Survey Findings," Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, July 2005.

Duncan, P. et al. "Zip Code Estimates of People Without Health Insurance from the 2004 Florida Health Insurance Study," Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, August 2005.  

Florida Health Insurance Study, Sample Design and Methodology, February 2004.

Gaps in Coverage: Uninsured Part of the Year, Fact Sheet #3, September 2005.

Health Insurance Among Children in Florida, Fact Sheet #2, August 2005.

Highlights from The 2004 Florida Health Insurance Study, November 2004.

HRSA State Planning Grant Abstract

Kelley, M. and N. Moulton. "Key Information Interview Findings: The 2004 Insurance Study," Health Management Associates, March 2005.

Project Objectives, January 2004

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of Health Insurance Coverage, Fact Sheet #1, April 2005.  

The 2004 Florida Health Insurance Study Telephone Survey Instrument, March 2004.