Lee County Florida Residents Uninsured
Residents in Lee County, Florida are seeing their health insurance plans disapeer. You could say that the unemployment rate in Lee county, Florida is at a record high. With the slowing economy, and home foreclosures on the rise, its tough for these Floridians to even think about purchasing a health insurance policy. Residents are losing their medical coverage by the hundreds. A 2004 state study put the county at 24 percent uninsured, and, while there are no new official tallies, area health care providers expect the rate has surpassed that.