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Florida contractor cuts nursing care for 100 medically fragile children
19 Jun 2025 09:40 GMT
… looks about 10. She needs medication every three hours to limit … are not licensed to give medication nor perform medical procedures in … as he refuses to take medication orally. He also rarely … for Medicaid. A bill to add that has passed both Florida legislative …
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Michelle Flowers: MFN policies are not the answer for Florida patients
19 Jun 2025 01:50 GMT
… medications.
With Florida’s disproportionately high elderly population, including many Medicare and Medicaid … aims to tie U.S. drug prices to those paid by … solutions.
The goal of reducing drug prices is essential and shared …
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New Florida laws taking effect July 1: Here’s what you need to know
18 Jun 2025 14:37 GMT
TAMPA, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis … to voluntarily enroll in Medicaid managed care and revises … Program, repealing the Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control Council, revising … providers under specific chapters of Florida statutes, effective for services …
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How Lee Health is Transforming Heart Care in Southwest Florida
17 Jun 2025 19:58 GMT
… . The new facility brings diagnostics, medications, left ventricular assist devices (LVAD … the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ decision to approve reimbursement … graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine—treats patients …
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Senate Finance Committee Endangers Even More Medicaid Patients
17 Jun 2025 13:22 GMT
… from going after high-cost drugs.
On Medicaid, the two major differences … ten non-expansion states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina … providers to treat Medicaid patients. Without these arrangements, Medicaid patients are the …
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DeSantis touts Hope Florida training: local sheriffs report otherwise
16 Jun 2025 09:21 GMT
… qualifies for the Hope Florida program?
Hope Florida is a government- … scrutinized in Centene, Hope Florida scandal
Hope Florida came under bipartisan scrutiny … state Medicaid program was overcharged for prescription drugs.
Centene and the Florida Agency …
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Continued underfunding of Florida's public schools hurts everyone
15 Jun 2025 09:52 GMT
… than a living wage.
Florida underfunds public schools while … are the ones administering medication when a nurse isn’ … pediatrician on Medicaid';s vital importance to Florida’s childrenIt … or their profession.
Meanwhile, Florida’s critical teacher and staff …
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Senator Hawley, at Forefront of Effort To Broaden GOP Into a Working-Class Party, Leads Charge Against Medicaid Cuts
15 Jun 2025 07:51 GMT
… Congressional Budget Office estimates, Medicaid, the largest health American … that the former senator representing Florida, Marco Rubio, once … , chance for a significant Medicaid policy victory,” opined the … the cost of prescription drugs and to close the …
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Letters: Baseball team needs more than tourists | Keep federal security away from soccer | G7 without Trump?
19 Jun 2025 13:50 GMT
… than tourists
Those backing Central Florida’s Major League Baseball bid … .
Vinny D’Assaro Winter Park
Medicaid is a lifeline
As a … mother who depends on Medicaid for the health of my … to pay the full prescription drug costs by someone who depends …
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AU denounces Christian Nationalist SCOTUS decision on transgender health care bans
18 Jun 2025 17:44 GMT
… ; and brace for cuts to Medicaid, education, and Social Security. … dinner at Trump's Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, … Reduction Act's Medicare drug price negotiations program, and … before Medicare can negotiate certain drug prices," making healthcare …