No health insurance? No problem. Ron DeSantis says Florida is a 'field of dreams'
Gov. Ron DeSantis is deflecting questions about the more than 2.5 million residents who do not have health insurance.
During the GOP primary debate on Wednesday, DeSantis was asked by Fox Business’ Stuart Varney about why the state has a higher uninsured rate than the nation overall. At first, DeSantis blamed inflation and economic policies enacted under President Joe Biden. He then said that health care interests such as pharmaceutical companies were “putting patients at the back of the bus.”
When Varney pressed again, DeSantis said Florida was a “dynamic” and growing state, but then defended the state’s existing safety net programs as helping keep Florida’s overall unemployment rate down....
