They can't fight back.
The State of Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration reportedly has filed a federal case so that it can kick children off a federally subsidized children's health insurance program when their parents do not pay premiums.
The Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid issued Guidance in 2023 that said the opposite. (As I understand it, Guidance is not binding, but it is a statement by a Federal agency of how it intends to enforce a law.) Well the Agency for Health Care – Health Care, seriously? – Administration was having none of that, so they filed their lawsuit to be able to stop children from receiving benefits under the program, called KidCare, because the children's parents did not pay the premiums. This in the context of a program where the parents and children are already poor, which is why the children were signed up for the benefits in the first place.
These reports may not be accurate, but on the other hand, this is Florida under a regime. So there should be no surprise if the reports are true.
BTW: In the meantime, Florida is reportedly one of 10 States that have rejected the expansion of Medicaid benefits to poor people. Call it all Florida Exceptionalism.
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