President Joe Biden's administration approved Florida's plan to expand its KidCare health insurance program for an extra 42,000 families on Monday.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is delaying more than 40,000 children from getting medical coverage as the state awaits President-elect Donald Trump's impact on health care.President Joe Biden's administration approved Florida's plan to expand its KidCare health insurance program for an extra 42,000 families on Monday. That expansion raised the household income threshold from 200 percent to 300 percent of the U.S. federal poverty level.
''It would be wise for CMS to show deference to the incoming administration by allowing them the opportunity to review and approve significant policy initiatives that are likely to impact their time in office,' Collins said.She added: 'This program could have been approved in its entirety as submitted by the Agency, but the Biden Administration failed to do so and added their own new conditions.
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