Dr. Dynasaur

Dr. Dynasaur is a publicly funded healthcare program in the U.S. state of Vermont, created in 1989.^[1] Vermont had an estimated 140,000 people under age 18 (90,000 under 300% above the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Dr. Dynasaur covered 56,000 of these uninsured. After adding the coverage of this program to those already covered by private health insurance, Vermont had achieved a virtually universal health insurance for children. As a result, the state was regarded as having the best healthcare program in the United States.^{[citation needed]}