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Part 3 of a series: Kicked off of Medicaid, Florida children with medically complex needs are offered a state insurance program designed for healthy kids who cannot provide the care they require.
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Tuesday was Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day at the Capitol. Advocates say the legislative awareness event is vital to the disability community -
Part 2 in a series: After thousands of families lost Medicaid, many enrolled their children with complex needs in Florida Healthy Kids, a state insurance plan that wasn’t meant to cover their special care. -
The county's safety and health committee took no action on fluoridation after the surgeon general's presentation to convince members to end the practice. -
The proposal provide “medical benefit plans” that would not be subject to the same state and federal regulations as health insurance. -
We begin a four-part series examining how children with complex medical needs are fairing after losing Medicaid in the unwinding and being pushed onto state-run insurance not designed for their needs.
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