Florida is now the fifth state to be identified for what the administration says is fraud, waste and abuse within the Medicaid program.

In Florida and many other states, court-ordered medical procedures are just one of the ways pregnant patients’ rights are restricted. The effort to chip away at those rights is rooted in the concept of fetal personhood — that a fetus has equal and, in some cases, more rights than the woman sustaining it.

Will the Legislature give him a victory before he’s term limited out of office?

Enrollment in health care sharing ministries is on the rise in Florida, but research shows they have fewer consumer protections.

The House on Thursday passed bill (HB 697) that includes a stopgap measure to restore cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program through June 30, the end of the fiscal year.

The House on Tuesday approved a special memory care license for assisted living facilities. On Wednesday, it approved a statewide Alzheimer's awareness campaign.

House Speaker Daniel Perez was coy when asked whether the House would sign off on the offer.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act imposed Medicaid work requirements on low-income, single, childless adults who qualify for the program through the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare. The Florida Senate wants to go even further and on Monday passed legislation (SB 1758) putting work requirements on about 1,100 of the poorest people in the state who rely on the health care safety net program for their care.

Florida lawmakers have yet to agree on a proposed constitutional amendment to cut or get rid of most property taxes, but the state’s largest public hospital warns such cuts would be tough to overcome.

As public health experts work to investigate the already reported infections, the virus continues to spread throughout the state.