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NICA, as the program is called, came under fire this month when the Miami Herald, in partnership with ProPublica, began publishing a series of stories detailing the plight of families in the program, some of whom say they are forced to plead for medical care and services their children need.
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The daily rundown Between Sunday and Monday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 4,237 (nearly 0.2 percent), to 2,173,138; active hospitalizations increased by 120 (3.6 percent), to 3,444; deaths of Florida residents rose by 32, to 34,471; 8,069,752 Floridians have received at least one dose of a vaccine
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When a birth goes wrong in Florida, resulting in “substantial” brain damage, Florida families can’t sue their doctor or hospital.
Instead, as part of a law designed to lower malpractice insurance premiums, they’re enrolled in something called the Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association, or NICA, which offers parents a one-time $100,000 payment and the promise of continuing health care for their disabled child.
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A neonatal intensive care unit. (Brad Greenlee/Flickr)
A birth gone horribly wrong left Jasmine Acebo with profound brain damage and a bleak future, one defined by wheelchairs, mechanical airways, feeding tubes, frequent hospitalizations, in-home nursing and constant pain.
Unable to work, her overwhelmed mother became dependent on food stamps and sometimes cash assistance. She watched helplessly when her newborn convulsed with seizures. She saw her daughter turn blue and nearly suffocate during a feeding.
A Florida program promised help: medical care, money for expenses a lifeline of support.
But that help, said Yamile “Jamie” Acebo, was often delayed, denied or deficient. And it included what she viewed as a shameful suggestion from a program administrator making a home visit: Would Acebo wish to place her daughter in an institution? The thought of Jasmine, surrounded by strangers and not the mother who loved her, was horrifying.