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The funding, reported by Stat, flows through the state's Directed Payment Program and covers care delivered between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025.

PolitiFact examined Florida’s ongoing legal fight over federal coverage rules as thousands of children lost KidCare enrollment because of missed premium payments.

One grant for nearly $8 billion is for the directed payment program for hospitals providing care to Medicaid patients.

Florida’s KidCare expansion has been stuck in legal limbo since February 2024. Since then, the number of uninsured children in Florida has risen to 400,000 — one of the highest state tallies.

It's been two months since the state dropped a suit against the federal government that was supposedly delaying the changes that would open health coverage to more than 42,000 children. Why? That's a mystery.

Taylor Hatch was expected to appear before the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee earlier this week but was postponed due to time.

Shevaun Harris got through her hearing, but Taylor Hatch's appearance before the Ethics and Elections Committee was postponed because of time constraints.

In a class-action lawsuit, the judge barred the state from terminating benefits of people for financial-eligibility reasons unless it provides "adequate notice."

Lawmakers approved an expansion of KidCare meant to help thousands of children with complex medical needs. But an ongoing lawsuit with federal regulators has kept the new eligibility rules on hold. Families say the delay is costing kids critical therapies and care.

An initial attempt to intervene was denied because a judge ruled that Nemours had not established legal standing. But Nemours filed a revised request, which was approved by the administrative law judge.

An judge rejects the motion of Nemours Children's Hospital, saying it didn't establish legal standing because it had not shown it would be “substantially affected” by the proposed rule on transplants.

The rule, in part, would revise standards for hospitals that want to begin providing such procedures — and continue providing them after getting initial approvals.