More than a hundred people attended a meeting on health care in late October at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Representatives from Shands Health Care answered questions about the changes that would occur as a result of closing Alachua General Hospital. The Shands representatives said that the health care system would have a greater number of rooms for emergency patients and would be more proactive in dealing with persons with few funds. The new Solantic urgent care facilities will accept Medicaid patients.

Representatives from Florida's Action Network (and its parent organization, PICO) discussed KidCare in Tallahassee with Karen Woodall of the Florida Center for Fiscal And Economic Policy and Florida KidCare Director Rich Robleto. All agreed that single access points for income verification need to be available. They were unclear as to timetable, costs, and whether legislative approval is needed. Shortened waiting periods for families have been implemented, according to Robleto.