Catherine A. Jackson

Care for the uninsured is a county responsibility in Florida. Care for the uninsured is a county responsibility in Florida. This report examines the approaches used by three south Florida counties - Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach - to fund care for the indigent and compares their financing mechanisms, types of services provided, patient travel patterns and costs and productivity across hospital ownership and insurance type.

This is an examination of the governance of public funds for health care in Miami-Dade County. Principles of good governance are discussed and approaches of other locales to providing health care to the uninsured are summarized.