American Rescue Plan

Open enrollment for the health care marketplace lasts until Jan. 15. But if people want coverage on Jan. 1, they must be enrolled by Dec. 15.

Florida is the last state to submit a plan to the U.S. Department of Education that's required before more than $2.3 billion in federal aid for Florida schools can be released.

The federal government continues to withhold one-third of the state’s allocation, which amounts to $2.3 billion.

Community health centers in Florida will get $39.7 million in American Rescue Plan funds, and part of it will go to clinics in the greater Tampa Bay region.

Florida have received more than $7 billion through the American Rescue Plan. The state says it has the next three years to use that money.

Leon and Alachua officials decided to require parents to submit doctors’ notes for children to be exempt, drawing objections from the education commissioner. Broward officials could be next after a Tuesday vote.

Advocates for poor, elderly and disabled individuals, who have been pressing the DeSantis administration to leverage the additional funding since spring, hailed the plan.

Advocates say direct-support professionals who left the industry because of health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic aren't returning because of low wages.

The state wants a 30-day extension to consider the effects of using added funds from the American Rescue Plan for home- and community-based services.

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."