Medicaid

A new scorecard published by the Population Reference Bureau finds that Florida restricts access to birth control, ranking alongside states like Kansas, Mississippi and Alabama.

DeSoto Memorial Hospital has issued a request for proposals that could lead to new ownership as rural hospitals across the country face mounting challenges.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs said in a motion filed Tuesday in federal court that the revisions won’t affect the underlying issues in the lawsuit.

The state contends two U.S. Supreme Court decisions should lead to overturning a ruling saying Florida violated federal laws by prohibiting Medicaid coverage for the treatments.

Contributions during the quarter included $715,000 from the California-based Tides Foundation and $400,000 from the Florida Policy Institute, a state Division of Elections report shows.

Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries.

The regional chapters are now operating under one mantle. The move comes as President Donald Trump's recently enacted tax cut package threatens the organization's clinics across the country.

As the U.S. House of Representatives debates President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill Act," a coalition of faith-based groups in Florida are making a last-minute plea to the state's Republican-dominated congressional delegation to vote against it because of the deep proposed federal funding cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Those charged include 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other licensed medical professionals for their participation in fraud involving over $14.6 billion in intended loss.

After the Supreme Court's ruling to allow South Carolina to block Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood, advocates for the nonprofit are concerned other states could follow suit.

The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida criticized New York's Medicaid program, saying it gets far more from the federal government than his state. PolitiFact looked into his statement.