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Tebphone: (561) 567•BODD <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />/840 25th Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32%0 <br />June 6, 2000 <br />Robert G. Brooks, M.D., Secretary <br />Department of Health <br />2020 Capital Circle SE <br />Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1700 <br />Dear Dr. Brooks: <br />Indian River County's eligible children cannot obtain needed health insurance as there <br />is no Healthy Kids Program or Plan in place because Indian River County is lacking in <br />managed care organizations. <br />I respectfully request, as Chairman of the Primary Care/Public Health Committee of <br />Indian River County, that the Department of Health support an alternative for those <br />counties lacking a Healthy Kids Plan. MediKids could serve as that alternative with a $15. <br />a month premium per family. When a Healthy Kids Plan becomes available in Indian River <br />County, eligible children could be transferred into that Plan. <br />With a current waiting list of over 600 eligible children, it is our hope that a default <br />mechanism be used to provide coverage now. <br />Thank you for consideration of this recommendation. <br />Sincerely, <br />• !/1Gsu <br />Caroline D. Ginn <br />County Commissioner <br />