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Florida KidCare contest: Kids can win scholarship money
Middle and high school students can compete for a $5,000 scholarship by creating a 30-second TV commercial or a billboard promoting Florida KidCare, the insurance program for kids who otherwise would be without affordable health insurance.
Last year, the Act-Our for Health Contest drew 100 contestants. For guidelines and an entry form is at www.actout4health.org.
The winning PSA commercial will air on TV and on YouTube, the winning billboard will be erected in the winner's hometown. Regional winners will also be picked, and, kids have the chance to vote online for a Kids Choice winner. Schools will also benefit: The winners' schools will get $2,000 -- making this a great contest for classrooms and school groups to work on as a team.
Florida KidCare is a state- and federally-funded insurance program for kids who don't have insurance. Kids enrolled in the program get preventive care, immunizations, dental and eye care. Some families pay as little as $15 per month for coverage, most pay nothing.
Gretchen Day-Bryant has a son in high school and a daughter in middle school. She’s lived to tell about the struggles of juggling little kids and work...
Joy Oglesby has an infant daughter and a sister 13 years her junior, whom she babies to the now-adult...
Cindy Kent Fort Lauderdale mother of three. Her kids span in ages from teenager to 20s...
Rafael Olmeda and his wife welcomed their first son in Feb. 2009, and he's helping raise two teenage stepdaughters...
Lois Solomon lives in Boca Raton with her husband and three daughters...
Anne Vasquez is the Online Editor in charge of overseeing SunSentinel.com. She is the mother of a 5-year-old boy and a newborn daughter.
Georgia East is the parent of a five-year-old girl, who came into the world weighing 1 pound, 13 ounces...
Brittany Wallman is the mother of Creed, 13, and Lily, 6, and is married...
Chris Tiedje is the Social Media Coordinator, and father of two boys and a girl all under the age of seven.
Comments
I have the Florida Kid Care for my two kids and pay $159 per month for each of them to be on it because my income is over the level to qualify for the $15 or free coverage, but its still a good deal because (1) there are no deductibles to be met and (2) no copays. Private insurance for them would cost more and would involve the deductibles and copays.
The only thing that I do not like about Florida Kid Care is that their administration is terrible. Dealing with them is a hassle and communication and notice from them is horrible. For example, when I applied for the program I was told that it would take a certain amount of time to process the application. I assumed that at some point that I would be notified whether my children qualified and, if so, I would be told how much the payment would be. Well, when I did not receive any letters or calls from FKC, I called them up to find out the status of the application and I was not only told that my kids were approved, but THAT A PAYMENT WAS DUE THAT DAY in order to have my kids enrolled for the next month. I never got any notice. If I had not called, my kids would not have been enrolled.
Posted by: Joe | November 4, 2009 2:47 PM
Hello
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Posted by: fer | November 5, 2009 2:53 AM