Health Care

Fla. public health advocates call for loosening Medicaid requirements after storms

‘Floridians need some reprieve from this series of disasters.’
Water left by Hurricane Milton floods a road inside Pines Trailer Park, where debris was still piled outside homes from Hurricane Helene, in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In the aftermath of back-to-back hurricanes, Florida has allowed emergency prescription refills, waived out-of-state licensure requirements for telehealth providers, and paused prior authorization rules for Medicaid recipients. 

But Florida public health advocates are raising concerns that the state has so far shown no indication it will also take up the federal government’s offer to loosen Medicaid enrollment requirements for those in the storms’ epicenter, and that not doing so could impede recovery efforts.

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