Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford said Monday lawmakers will wait until next year to "address" House members' drastically low health insurance premiums, which are over five times less than what other state workers pay. In the meantime, Florida representatives will continue to pay just $8.43 a month for individual coverage and $30 for a family, which is 17 percent of what other state workers pay, and 10 percent of the health cares costs of the average private-sector employee, a...
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