Medicaid

The proposed cuts could trigger around 33,000 layoffs and a $3 billion economic downturn in Florida, according to research published by the Commonwealth Fund.

Florida legislators passed a public health insurance expansion that would help poor and disabled children get better coverage over a year ago, but it still hasn’t used the funds.

Florida terminated Medicaid coverage for more than one million people once the COVID-19 emergency declaration was ended. Thousands of children with complex medical needs lost their Medicaid coverage. Some of them ended up on a plan not designed to provide the coverage they need leaving them without proper care.

After two years as secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration, Weida has been picked to succeed James Uthmeier, who Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to be Florida's attorney general.

The state discovered a glitch in its Medicaid eligibility system. The problem, alleged in court testimony, led to new mothers wrongly losing their insurance coverage.

More than a million Americans use Medicaid to get addiction treatments like methadone. But as states update their systems, some patients have lost coverage. Even a short gap can be life-threatening.

The program had nearly 5.78 million beneficiaries in April 2023, but enrollment has steadily decreased since the end of the federal public health emergency.

Nursing homes in Florida and across the U.S. will need to comply with a federal rule that establishes minimum staffing standards to address safety and quality concerns.

A new maternity center in Lauderdale Lakes will provide medical care as well as social services, in a collaborative effort to reduce maternal and infant mortality, preterm birth rates and high rates of neonatal hospitalization in the city's largely Black community.

People with disabilities say they're losing their Medicaid home health benefits and are being advised incorrectly when they call state offices for more information.

More than 20 million Americans lost Medicaid at some point in the past year. Children have been hit especially hard. Lindsey McNeil and her 7-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy, were told by the Florida’s Department of Children and Families that Noelle would be losing her Medicaid coverage 10 days later.

Nearly 1-in-4 adults who lost Medicaid coverage in the past year are now uninsured, according to a new survey. As states winnow the rolls, many families are caught in confusing red tape.