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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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