health-care

The endowment, currently valued at about $958.4 million, was created in 1999 to provide support for health care programs and biomedical research. The bill will fold it into a budget reserve.

House Speaker Chris Sprowls wants to extend Medicaid coverage for mothers after giving birth from the current two months to a year.

Urgent care OB-GYN clinics have begun popping up around the country in recent years, and the covid pandemic has increased demand.

More than 500,000 people nationally have signed up for Obamacare through March 31 since the special enrollment period began. Of those, more than 146,000 were in Florida.

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.

A Florida Policy Institute report finds that expansion could save the state $200 million while extending coverage to over 900,000 residents. The Institute's Anne Swerlick discusses the possibility for expansion.

Florida lawmakers may have passed major health-care legislation during the 2019 session, but the impact of two bills on the upcoming year’s state budget…