Fact-checking DeSantis’s claim about the number of uninsured Floridians
When Stuart Varney pressed DeSantis on the relatively high number of Floridians without insurance — Varney said 2.6 million — DeSantis blamed Washington.
“I think this is a symptom of our overall economic decline,” DeSantis said.
But the numbers from DeSantis’s own Florida Department of Health don’t show any correlation between the state of the economy and the number of Floridians without health care.
Despite population growth, and despite changes in the economy, Florida has more than 2.5 million people without health insurance at least since 2012, according to Florida Department of Health Data.
The total number of uninsured Floridians has remained relatively stable since 2018, according to the state.
-Analysis by Aaron Sharockman, PolitiFact