Herald-Tribune

By: Maggie Clark

Florida’s Medicaid program agreement benefits enrolled children in Medicaid. However, it also requires Florida to pay $12 million in legal fees to attorneys defending parents and pediatric providers, and for the state to resolve any issues regarding the approximately 2 million poor children in Medicaid to have access to healthcare that assess their respective needs.

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The low rates of health care access were also cited as a leading concern by pediatricians in a statewide survey of the members of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, conducted by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families in partnership with the Community Foundation of Sarasota County and the Herald-Tribune.

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