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The hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday, but U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard approved a continuance until Dec. 13 because the state’s lead lawyer was diagnosed this weekend with pneumonia.
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Florida's MYACCESS website is keeping its name but changing its portal, meaning millions of Floridians will have to create a new account. Many are in the middle of Medicaid redetermination.
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Florida is halfway through its Medicaid unwinding process, and thousands of children have lost coverage. The state doesn't know how those kids are receiving care, now.
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The Biden administration is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling aimed at keeping Florida children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.
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A federal judge will hear arguments in Jacksonville on a request for a preliminary injunction that would require Medicaid officials to reinstate coverage to people dropped during the "unwinding."
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Without financial and legal planning done in advance, experts say aging seniors and their loved ones are left with fewer options in today's elder care system.
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As the state defends its process, the executive director of the Center for Children and Families, says in an interview, "We know children are losing Medicaid," but "where are they going?"
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The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction that would require reinstating coverage to people and ending additional terminations until adequate information is provided.
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With top Florida lawmakers signaling that health-care issues could be a priority during next year’s legislative session, a report released Thursday showed that Florida saw improvement in 2022 in people having health insurance — but still trailed most of the country.
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Some 431,000 Florida residents — including many children — have lost Medicaid since May, when the state began unwinding the continuing coverage mandated during the pandemic.
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Warning of a "substantial detrimental impact on the children at the heart of this case," the U.S. Department of Justice urged a federal appeals court to reject an attempt by Florida to at least temporarily halt an injunction requiring changes aimed at keeping children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.
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The state has sought a stay on an injunction that would require Florida's Medicaid program to provide 90% of the private-duty nursing hours t to help children live in family homes or communities instead of nursing homes.