Work requirements in other states have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, with little to show for it, and those who keep an eye on Florida’s lead family welfare agency question how the troubled bureaucracy can handle another regulatory hurdle.
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The ‘virtually impossible’ path for citizens’ ballot initiatives in Florida
New ballot initiative restrictions, approved by the Florida Legislature and enforced by state officials, are so strict that advocates say they make the process effectively impossible for grassroots campaigns to navigate.
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Florida’s tech, staffing issues caused mistaken Medicaid cuts
Florida officials blamed technology failures and staffing problems for the state government wrongfully stripping Medicaid coverage from potentially hundreds of thousands of eligible families since early 2023, testimony in federal court revealed last week.
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Testimony: Florida wrongly cut people from Medicaid due to ‘computer error,’ bad data
A “computer error” and bad data from third-party vendors led Florida to wrongfully strip Medicaid coverage from residents, including new mothers who were denied postpartum care, federal testimony revealed Monday.
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A federal trial could reinstate Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of Floridians
On Monday, a Jacksonville federal court will hear a case that could cost Florida billions if the court finds the state illegally failed to provide proper notice before terminating Medicaid coverage.
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Auditor: Mounting debt, inmate care, cost of treating poor people puts UF Health in dire financial state
Northeast Florida’s largest hospital and central caregiver for its neediest patients is in dire straits due to a deepening hole of debt, a costly deal with Jacksonville’s jail and a worsening deficit it faces for treating poor people, according to the Jacksonville Council Auditor’s Office.