Medicaid

The law expands subsidized insurance coverage for families of four with incomes up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $90,000 annually.

The latest ruling involved a lawsuit filed last year on behalf of two adults and two minors. An estimated 9,000 transgender people in Florida use Medicaid to fund their treatments.

State data show that 10% of those who lost coverage were terminated because they were ineligible or hadn’t used Medicaid over the past 12 months. However, 82% of people lost coverage for procedural reasons.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs say they're being denied access to medically necessary treatments. They expect the judge will rule on this case and another suit challenging the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors at the same time.

Although the pandemic health emergency ended this week, some states began reviewing Medicaid eligibility six weeks ago. It's been a confusing process to reapply, but help is available for Floridians.

Plaintiffs are challenging a rule from the state Agency for Health Care Administration that prevents Medicaid reimbursements to health providers who render gender dysphoria care.

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle denied a state motion for summary judgment, saying “there are genuine factual disputes critical to resolving the merits."

Vulnerable and marginalized communities are getting left behind in dental deserts, where patient volume exceeds provider capacity or too few dentists are willing to serve the uninsured or those on Medicaid.

States must remove people from the program whose incomes are too high. Some recipients in Florida and other states that have started the process say they've been mistakenly removed.

The bill comes after long-running concerns about people with developmental disabilities being stuck on a waiting list for services.

The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee approved a bill that would increase an income threshold to qualify for subsidized coverage.

Georgia is among 35-plus states that have used an under-the-radar federal funding mechanism to boost payments for hospitals and other providers under Medicaid. But oversight makes it hard to tell if the “directed payments” program is meeting its goals.