Medicaid

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

Listen: On April 1st, many people may lose healthcare as states review eligibility for Medicaid. Tampa Congress member Kathy Castor is calling for Medicaid to be extended. Florida is one of only ten states that...

Millions of people enrolled in Medicaid during the pandemic, however,, many people may start to lose coverage soon amidst a reconsideration.

Medicaid enrollment soared during the first 3years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but more than 1 million Floridians likely will drop off in 2023.

A federal judge on refused to block a new Florida rule preventing Medicaid reimbursements for gender-affirming treatments for trans people.

Democratic congress member Kathy Castor is backing federal legislation to close the Medicaid gap in Florida. Her Medicaid Saves Lives Act might be Democrats’ key to bypassing Republican efforts to block Medicaid expansion in the...

A new report put out by progressive organizations finds that many low- and middle-income Floridians will be harmed by the one-two punch of the new federal tax law and the recently signed state budget. In...

Two years ago the state of Florida removed 13,000 children with special needs from a specialized health care program called Children’s Medical Services. Thursday in a press conference at Tampa International Airport U.S. Senator Bill...

Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have delayed a vote on their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a “Trumpcare” bill that cuts Medicaid and reduces taxes; in a press conference...

How will Floridians fare under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)? Jeff Johnson, the state director for AARP Florida, says: not well. Johnson also says Floridians on Medicaid – especially those in nursing homes –...

Supporters of Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are speaking out to try to save the healthcare programs from a united Republican front in Congress and the new Trump administration; Tuesday morning about a dozen...

The two candidates fighting for Pinellas County State House District 66 faced each other Wednesday afternoon at the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club in St. Petersburg; the district stretching from Clearwater Beach to Bay Pines is represented...