2021 Florida Legislature

WMFE's Abe Aboraya, Robin Rudowitz (Kaiser Family Foundation), Miriam Harmatz (Florida Health Justice Project) and Anne Swerlick (Florida Policy Institute) offer their insight on "Intersection."

Lawmakers have roughly three weeks to reach agreement on a budget, a period coinciding with an expected increase in Medicaid funding from the federal government.

Sen. Wilton Simpson's strongest comments on the issue so far come amid calls from the cruise industry to require proof of vaccination after ships have been docked more than a year because of the pandemic.

For decades, new mothers in Florida without health insurance have been eligible for 60 days of Medicaid. This proposal would extend coverage up to a year.

The measure would apply to physicians who should know abortions they peform are requested solely because of prenatal diagnose or screenings that indicate fetuses would have disabilities.

The Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday approved the measure, which is focused on how the state should respond to future pandemics.

The House and Senate are considering identical bills that would make a variety of changes to Florida’s Medicaid laws.

When lawmakers slashed Florida's Bright Futures scholarship amounts during past difficult budget cycles, Black and Latino students lost out the most.

The Chiles fund was created by the Legislature in 1999 at the request of then-Gov. Jeb Bush to provide perpetual support for health care programs and biomedical research.

An amendment removed a provision that would have allowed state insurance regulators to audit pharmacy benefit managers, insurance companies and HMOs.