Medicaid

The bipartisan measure was approved in the House, 105-0. KidCare provides health insurance for families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid.

Seeking what is known as a writ of mandamus from the appeals court, the state’s lawyers argued that Jason Weida should not have to testify because he is a high-ranking official.

Under KidCare, families who do not qualify for Medicaid can pay $15 or $20 a month in premiums to insure children.

A judge grants a request to handle the case as a class action. The claimants say the state stops providing incontinence supplies to Medicaid beneficiaries older than 21.

State attorneys argued Jason Weida should not have to testify because he is a high-ranking official.

Hundreds of thousands of Floridians stand to lose Medicaid after a provision that allowed for continuous enrollment in the program comes to an end Saturday. The program began at the start of the pandemic.

Now that pandemic protections are expiring, millions of Floridians will have to reapply for Medicaid and some could lose coverage. But families don't have to go through the process alone.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor wants Gov. Ron DeSantis to make use of Florida’s Affordable Care Act marketplace to help families remain covered.

Shopping for insurance that covers regular doctors and prescriptions can be daunting. But experts see several steps to make it easier.

Designed to prevent doctors from deploying expensive, ineffectual procedures, preauthorization has morphed into a monster that denies or delays care, burdens physicians with paperwork and perpetuates racial disparities.

The proposal would create a pilot program in Miami-Dade that would provide “comprehensive services” to Medicaid beneficiaries with developmental disabilities.

More than 6 million children could lose coverage as the COVID emergency ends, according to a report from Georgetown's Center for Children and Families. In an interview, the center's executive director talks about why Florida kids are especially at risk.