Community Health Purchasing Alliances (CHPAs), as currently implemented under Florida's managed competition model, have had a small impact in reducing the number of uninsured Floridians.
To further improve access to affordable health care coverage, the Legislature should
amend state law to allow CHPAs to negotiate with competing health plans;
reduce the Agency for Health Care Administration's oversight and coordination role among CHPAs;
allow CHPAs to appoint their own agents; and
require the Agency for Health Care Administration to make consumer guides available to CHPA members by December 1999.