- Researchers warn proposed changes to Florida’s Medicad could drop 600,000 poor children from rolls, By Sonja Isger, December 7, 2011, Palm Beach Post: “Proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid program that would have parents pay a monthly $10 premium per person for coverage threatens to undo the strides Florida has made in getting health care to the state’s poorest children, researchers warned Wednesday. The premium, combined with several other changes state lawmakers approved last session but that await a federal OK, could lead to 800,000 parents and children leaving the program, concluded a team from the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University. About 82 percent of those who would drop out of Medicaid coverage would be children, 98 percent of whom live below federal poverty levels, the report stated…”
- Study: Fla. Medicaid premiums too high, By Kelli Kennedy (AP), December 7, 2011, Miami Herald: “New premiums and copay proposals for Florida Medicaid beneficiaries, including $100 for every non-emergency ER visit, are among the highest in the country and a new study warns it could cause hundreds of thousands to drop out because they can’t afford to pay them, according to a report released Wednesday by Georgetown University…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty