FL Legislature declined to provide health care coverage to 837,000 of the state's neediest residents
Florida missed another opportunity this year to provide health care coverage to more than 800,000 low-income residents.
As expected, the 2019 Legislature never considered any effort to expand Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the poor and disabled, under the federal Affordable Care Act. It was also never an item on first-year Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ legislative agenda.
Florida remains one of 14 states that has refused to take advantage of the federal offer to expand Medicaid to cover more of the state’s needy. The decision not to expand also means that the state won’t be taking advantage of the federal government’s offer to pay 90 percent of the cost of the Medicaid expansion.The decision denies health care coverage to estimated 837,000 Floridians, according to a recent analysis by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.
More than eight out of every 10 of those residents are poor, childless adults who are not eligible for Florida’s Medicaid coverage unless they are disabled, according to the analysis.
Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2019/05/09/fl-legislature-declined-to-provide-health-care-coverage-to-837000-of-the-states-neediest-residents/
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