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The waivers aim to reduce the risk of eligible families losing Medicaid coverage due to procedural errors.

Florida lawmakers want to extend Medicaid coverage for low-income new mothers—giving them a full year of coverage rather than the 60 days federal rules require.

Florida lawmakers met this past weekend to begin ironing out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

The COVID-19 pandemic and recent federal incentives have reignited the debate in Florida on whether or not to expand Medicaid. The expansion was made available through The Affordable Care Act. Florida is one of 12 states that have not adopted the expansion. WMFE health reporter Abe Aboraya, Robin Rudowitz with the Kaiser Family Foundation, Miriam Harmatz with the Florida Health Justice Project and Anne Swerlick with the Florida Policy Institute join Intersection to discuss the potential impact of expanding Medicaid in Florida.

For decades, women in Florida who give birth and don’t have health insurance have been eligible for two months of Medicaid, the public health program.

A three-judge panel found the Trump administration failed to analyze whether such requirements "would promote the primary objective of Medicaid — to furnish medical assistance," as required by law.

The more than $750,000 dollar grant from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services will be distributed to local agencies who will provide housing and mental health services.

Shepherd's Hope has already served more than 20,000 patients this year.

As many as 7 hospitals in the state got citations.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau about 16 percent of Floridians are currently uninsured.