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The Biden administration is requiring states give CHIP beneficiaries 12 months of continuous coverage, even if families don't pay monthly premiums. State lawyers say premiums are needed for expansion of coverage signed into law last year.
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Because Florida has chosen not to extend Medicaid eligibility to more uninsured adults, entrepreneurs and health equity advocates are coming up with solutions for those facing medical bills they cannot afford.
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Kathleen Passidomo, who's making her "Live Healthy" initiative a priority during the session, discussed this and other issues on The Florida Roundup.
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A mobile clinic for unhoused people with medical needs faces two problems: rising medical costs and a growing homeless population. Neither is showing any easing up.
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The hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday, but U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard approved a continuance until Dec. 13 because the state’s lead lawyer was diagnosed this weekend with pneumonia.
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Florida's MYACCESS website is keeping its name but changing its portal, meaning millions of Floridians will have to create a new account. Many are in the middle of Medicaid redetermination.
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Florida is halfway through its Medicaid unwinding process, and thousands of children have lost coverage. The state doesn't know how those kids are receiving care, now.
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The Biden administration is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling aimed at keeping Florida children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.
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A federal judge will hear arguments in Jacksonville on a request for a preliminary injunction that would require Medicaid officials to reinstate coverage to people dropped during the "unwinding."
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Without financial and legal planning done in advance, experts say aging seniors and their loved ones are left with fewer options in today's elder care system.
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As the state defends its process, the executive director of the Center for Children and Families, says in an interview, "We know children are losing Medicaid," but "where are they going?"
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The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction that would require reinstating coverage to people and ending additional terminations until adequate information is provided.