Medicaid

A bicameral budget panel, authorized to make spending decisions while the Legislature is not in session, voted to sweep $32 million from the program due to a drop in enrollment.

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.

The audit, conducted by a Texas accounting firm, doesn’t address the ethical or legal questions surrounding a $10 million donation it received, only the accuracy of the foundation’s numbers.

Florida is now the fifth state to be identified for what the administration says is fraud, waste and abuse within the Medicaid program.

WUSF is asking Tampa Bay area residents about their ability to find dentists currently taking patients with Medicaid plans.

The Senate’s 80 hours of work per month and education requirements to maintain Medicaid benefits are not in the House companion bill.

Dentists, hygienists and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency department for decay.

Opponents raise concerns that work requirements on Medicaid will lock out low-income parents from insurance.

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

A presentment is a report by a grand jury to express its views of governmental misconduct, inefficiency or misuse of public funds when that conduct falls short of a chargeable crime.

A new CDC report shows Florida mothers are increasingly starting prenatal care late or not at all, mirroring national trends, with rural access and Medicaid delays worsening outcomes.

Two national organizations are joining the effort by Florida Decides Healthcare to expand Medicaid to low-income childless adults in Florida.