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Watch: Florida Gutted Its Public Health System Ahead of Pandemic
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   KHN Midwest editor and correspondent Laura Ungar appeared on
   [1]Spectrum News Bay News 9 to discuss her [2]recent investigation with
   The Associated Press on how Florida slashed its local health
   departments -- downsizing staffing from 12,422 full-time equivalent
   workers in 2010 to 9,125 in 2019 and cutting spending from $57 to $34
   per resident over that period. The staffing and funding fell faster and
   further in the Sunshine State than the nation, leaving Florida
   especially unprepared for the worst health crisis in a century.

   Ungar also spoke on [3]Fox 35 Orlando about the story, explaining how
   the cuts hampered the state's ability to respond to the pandemic. Watch
   here:

   [4]Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a national health policy news service.
   It is an editorially independent program of the [5]Henry J. Kaiser
   Family Foundation which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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References

   1. https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/politics/2020/09/01/report-claims-florida--flat-footed--before-covid-pandemic-hit
   2. https://khn.org/news/floridas-cautionary-tale-how-starving-and-muzzling-public-health-fueled-covid-fire/
   3. https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/cuts-to-local-health-departments-make-it-challenging-during-pandemic
   4. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/
   5. http://www.kff.org/
   6. https://khn.org/news/watch-florida-gutted-its-public-health-system-ahead-of-pandemic/view/republish/

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