Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Why So Much Scrutiny on Navigators?

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
The Florida Channel
Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

On his blog Our Health Policy Matters, health consultant Paul Gionfriddo says that members of Congress who took time during their vacation to demand more information about health insurance navigators have bigger issues to worry about. The navigator contracts, Gionfriddo writes, are minuscule compared to defense service contracts that lawmakers aren’t scrutinizing.  
 

Originally founded in December 2006 as an independent grassroots publication dedicated to coverage of health issues in Florida, Health News Florida was acquired by WUSF Public Media in September 2012.