American Rescue Plan

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 increased and enhanced premium tax credits for marketplace insurance coverage, but they will expire after 2022.

The Broward project and many other state and local projects across the country are using federal coronavirus relief money despite having little to do with combating the pandemic,

Almost a year after the American Rescue Plan Act allocated what could amount to $25 billion to home and community-based services run by Medicaid, many states have yet to access much of the money due to delays and red tape.

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.