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Florida's Department of Children and Families is removing certain refugees from Medicaid services.

As the oldest baby boomers turn 80, researchers worry there won’t be enough room in nursing facilities for a rapidly graying nation.

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.

The settlement describes how The Villages Health would go back into patients' medical files months later and add diagnoses - sometimes adding in monitoring, evaluations or treatments.

CMS will require suppliers of ostomy and certain other medical products to compete for Medicare contracts, and patient advocates fear the program could reduce product choices for beneficiaries.

Florida’s Medicaid shows the country's fourth largest decline since 2025, and advocates say that means more uninsured children. Meantime, the state prepares for a lawsuit over its stalled KidCare expansion.

The rule embraces new types of coverage, including 30% higher out-of-pocket costs for some plan and a more novel approach that allows insurers to offer coverage without set networks of doctors.

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.

Jude Odu, a health technology expert and former United Healthcare employee, discusses the dangers of outsourcing medical claims decisions to artificial intelligence.

The appeal comes as the nation is at risk of losing its measles elimination status and as Oz's boss, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines.

Sign-ups are down nationally as extended tax credits approved during the COVID pandemic expired. As the enrollment deadline approached, Florida showed the largest drop: more than 260,000 fewer people.

The data had been used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assess the quality of care provided to children in publicly funded insurance programs.