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Florida TaxWatch is again warning that the trust fund covering public worker health benefits is heading toward insolvency, and it’s proposing a solution to address the issue.

A new report from the government watchdog argues that the state could shore up the State Employees’ Health Insurance Trust Fund by expanding access to interdisciplinary pain management, a team-based approach that treats chronic pain through coordinated medical, psychological and rehabilitative care.

The state group health insurance program covers about 171,000 employees and roughly 350,000 Floridians overall. Left unchanged, the fund that pays their health claims could fall $237 million into the red b

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