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The MyAccess website is keeping its name but changing its portal, meaning millions of Floridians will have to create a new account — with many in the middle of Medicaid redetermination.
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More than 670,000 people in Florida were dropped from the program after the end of a federal public health emergency.
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As Medicaid programs across the country review enrollees’ status in the wake of the pandemic, patients struggle to navigate the upheaval.
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A federal judge will hear arguments in Jacksonville on a request for a preliminary injunction that would require Medicaid officials to reinstate coverage to people dropped during the "unwinding."
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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.
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A federal audit found lax oversight and multiple cases of child welfare workers failing to follow state regulations on psychotropic or opioid medication.
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The groups say the state's process for redetermining coverage eligibility is unfair to recipients who are Latino, immigrant or Black.
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The three plaintiffs are asking for an end to the current notification process and for coverage to be reinstated. A DCF spokesperson says CMS approved Florida's "unwinding" plan.
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The waivers aim to reduce the risk of eligible families losing Medicaid coverage due to procedural errors.
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States were not allowed to kick people off Medicaid during the pandemic even if they no longer qualified. As of April 1, they can. Health policy experts fear some people who remain eligible could still lose coverage during the process.