{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://castor.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=404666", "Rep. Castor Announces Boost to Affordable Care Act Navigators in Florida - $13M to USF Florida Covering Kids and Families", "2024-08-27", "2024", "2024-08", "Democrat", "House", "FL", "Kathy Castor", "C001066", "castor.house.gov", "castor", "https://castor.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "TAMPA, FL \u2013 Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) announced the University of South Florida (USF) will receive $13,792,000 in federal grant funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to support ACA health navigators across the state. Specifically, the grant funding will support Florida Covering Kids and Families (FL-CKF) and USF College of Public Health as they assist families with affordable coverage. Since 2013, FL-CKF has supported over 150 health navigators to provide outreach and free ACA Marketplace enrollment assistance to Florida families, as well as assistance enrolling eligible children in Medicaid and KidCare.\n\n\u201cThis investment will be a godsend to my neighbors who rely on affordable, high-quality health care. Florida consistently ranks as a top State in sign-up numbers for health coverage during the open-enrollment period, with over 4 million Floridians choosing a plan in 2024,\u201d said Castor. \u201cThis grant, which is the largest in the nation, will help more of Florida\u2019s families, consumers and small businesses find the health coverage they need while removing barriers to obtaining coverage.\n\n\u201cThanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, health care has never been more affordable. In fact, many Floridians will enjoy an average savings of $590/year \u2013 spending no more than 8.5% of their income on premiums \u2013 while ensuring they can\u2019t be kicked off their coverage for getting sick.\n\nU.S. Rep. Castor serves on the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee and helped to draft the Affordable Care Act to ensure it works for families and small businesses. Since ACA enrollment began in 2013, Florida has consistently led the nation in the number of sign-ups on healthcare.gov.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://castor.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=404666"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8430811576545238, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}