Florida KidCare

The Biden administration is requiring states give CHIP beneficiaries 12 months of continuous coverage, even if families don't pay monthly premiums. State lawyers say premiums are needed for expansion of coverage signed into law last year.

As the state defends its process, the executive director of the Center for Children and Families, says in an interview, "We know children are losing Medicaid," but "where are they going?"

The Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee received updates from DCF, AHCA and Florida Healthy Kids Corp. Many of the concerns focus on children losing coverage.

As many as three insurers could be chosen to provide the dental care, according to the invitation to negotiate approved by members of the Florida Healthy Kids Board of Directors.

The economic upheaval that has left hundreds of thousands of Floridians without jobs might also upend health insurance for children in working…

A Senate health-care panel on Tuesday agreed to eliminate a $1 million lifetime benefits cap for children enrolled in the Florida Healthy Kids program.…

Florida’s children’s health insurance program will require tens of millions of dollars in extra state funding over the next several years, according to…

Protesters gathered in Orlando Monday to highlight Florida’s failure to expand Medicaid. The protest on I-Drive came as President Trump and Governor Rick…

The number of Medicaid patients in Florida could be decreasing like never before. Members of the state’s Social Services Estimating Conference on…

Despite an earlier assertion from a top Medicaid official that the state could be giving a “freebie,” lawmakers have agreed to fund Florida KidCare…