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The state is still not giving firm answers on when — or whether — it intends to expand a safety-net healthcare program for low-income children that the Legislature has approved.

A $1.95 million infusion from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program initiated last year will expand the Labelle site to include a walk-in urgent care clinic and a medical lab.

While demand for the program increases, the state waits on implentating an expansion already approved by the Legislature. Circuit court Judge Joshua Hawke did not say when he would make a ruling.

Uninsured patients made up about 25% of the 20,000+ inpatient gunshot hospitalizations in the state from 2018 to 2024, an analysis found. They also had shorter hospital stays than those with any form of coverage.

Pediactric Associates claims the Agency for Health Care Administration, which oversees Florida Medicaid, incorrectly cut reimbursement rates, jeopardizing care for the patients served by the group.

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.