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A Third of Florida's School Districts Now Buy Health Coverage Together
['Dorothy Brooks']
Medical Daily
About a third of Florida's 67 school districts have moved their employee health coverage into a shared self-insured trust, an arrangement that now covers roughly 65,000 public school employees and is designed to give small districts the purchasing position of a large one.
The Florida Educator Health Trust operates as a nonprofit under the umbrella of the Florida Association of District School Superintendents.
Mike Swindle, superintendent for Hendry County, described the effect on a small district's budget.
The Florida Educator Health Trust, a nonprofit under the Florida Association of District School Superintendents, in which member districts share a self-insured health plan.
Twenty-three districts, about a third of Florida's 67, covering roughly 65,000 public school employees.