• Medicaid | The Lived Experience:

    Unwinding the Continuous Coverage Requirement

    After the pandemic-related Medicaid continuous coverage requirement ended March 31, 2023, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) began redetermining the eligibility of Florida’s enrollees and sending termination notices to those deemed no longer eligible or who failed to complete their renewal within 30 days. The notices are extremely confusing and often lack adequate explanation as to why DCF determined the person(s) to be ineligible, some terminations are clearly erroneous, and people are generally unaware of their right to appeal or how to do so. The personal narratives below, as well as multiple stories in national and state media, illustrate how Florida’s redetermination process is hurting vulnerable children and families.

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    At Least 2 Million Children Have Lost Medicaid Insurance This Year

    Many of the children were eligible for federal aid, experts said, but errors have been common as states “unwind” assistance from earlier in the coronavirus pandemic. Christina describes the harm caused to her family after her kids were erroneously terminated from Medicaid twice.

  • The STORIES, Media and Information

    Sadie | Seminole County, FL

    Seminole County, FL

    6 year-old with rare disease needs Florida KidCare expansion right now.

     

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    Tania & Kaylee

    Orange County, FL

    For fifteen years, Medicaid has provided Kaylee the ability to fight the odds and thrive in spite of the severe neurological disorder she was born with. Suddenly, Kaylee’s mother Tania was informed, like so many other parents of medically complex children in Florida, that on Easter Sunday her daughter would be losing the healthcare coverage that has been her lifeline.

     

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