A federal appeals court Tuesday sided with a Southwest Florida health-care provider in a years-long dispute with the state about payments for treating patients in the Medicaid program.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge's decision in favor of Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, which filed the lawsuit after the state Agency for Health Care Administration largely rejected a request for an increased Medicaid reimbursement rate.
The legislation, S. 27, would use $1 million in funds appropriated to the Treasurer's Office to erase $100 million in Vermonters' medical debt. It would also prohibit credit reporting agencies from taking into account Vermonters' medical debt when determining their credit scores.
All but one lawmaker in the state Senate voted to expand Medicaid coverage for mothers who have just given birth, a rare showing of bipartisan support that may be doomed in the state Assembly.
Wisconsin is one of only two states that does not offer a full year of Medicaid coverage to certain low-income mothers after they give birth, a distinction that a majority of Wisconsin lawmakers have signed on to change but have faced a key roadblock in Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
The Iowa legislature has unanimously voted to set deadlines for insurance companies being asked to authorize treatment, prescriptions or other health care services.