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.
A class-action trial challenging how Florida terminates Medicaid benefits concluded Friday at the U.S. District Court in Jacksonville. The proceedings shed new light on the inner workings of the state’s benefits-eligibility decisions.
Internal problems plagued Florida’s Department of Children and Families as it rapidly removed people from Medicaid rolls starting in March 2023 as part of a so-called…
