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Auditors were able to conclude only that Florida removed residents for “potentially unallowable reasons” because state officials failed to provide supporting documentation for the terminations.
Florida kicked 63,000 people off Medicaid during the pandemic, report shows
Residents lost medical coverage during the public health emergency, even as Florida received billions in additional federal funds to keep people enrolled.
BayCare to build new St. Joseph’s Children’s hospital by 2030
An artist's rendering of a new St. Joseph's Children's Hospital that BayCare plans to build in Tampa by 2030.
Nonprofit announces plans to replace existing hospital and expand specialist pediatric services.
As COVID infections rise, nursing homes are still waiting for vaccines
Deb Wityk, a resident of the Spurgeon Manor nursing home in Dallas Center, Iowa, plans to get an updated covid shot as soon as she can. "Covid is not pretty in a nursing home," she says. (TONY LEYS/KFF HEALTH NEWS)
Even once the shots are available, nursing homes face continuing resistance to the vaccine among nurses and aides.

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  1. Cases of flesh-eating bacteria are spreading. Here’s how to stay safe.
    Yesterday• Health
    A magnified image of Vibrio vulnificus, a sea-borne bacterium that can cause rapid decay of flesh when inside the human body.
  2. Rare flesh-eating bacteria spreads north as oceans warm
    Yesterday• Health
    Debbie King exercises her arms while preparing to transition to using a walker with the help of her husband, Jim, at their home in Homosassa. Debbie’s right leg had to be amputated above the knee on Aug. 17 after she contracted the flesh-eating bacterial infection Vibrio vulnificus while boating in the Gulf of Mexico off Homosassa four days earlier.
  3. Florida’s Republican attorney general will oppose putting abortion rights amendment on 2024 ballot
    Oct. 10• Elections
    A small crowd gathers on the steps of the Capitol for a March 29 news conference to voice their opposition to the near-total abortion ban bill ahead of a Florida Senate vote in Tallahassee.
  5. USF names College of Public Health building after former lawmaker Sam Bell
    Oct. 10• Education
    Former lawmaker Sam Bell is pictured on a program for an event to name USF's College of Public Health building in his honor on Tuesday.
  6. Toni Says: Medicare supplements vs. Medicare Advantage PPO plans
    Oct. 10• Health
    America needs to understand that there are differences between Medicare supplements and Medicare Advantage PPO Plans other than premiums. They are different types of Medicare policies.
  7. Maya Kowalski tells her story in lawsuit against St. Petersburg hospital
    Oct. 9• Health
    Maya Kowalski, 17, took the stand for more than five hours Monday during a civil jury trial Monday at the South County Courthouse in Venice to testify about her stay at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, and her mother's death during that time. The Kowalski family's lawsuit is seeking both compensatory and punitive damages. It alleges that hospital employees battered and falsely imprisoned Maya, that the hospital was negligent in its medical treatment of the girl, and that the hospital caused severe emotional distress to the family, which was a factor in Beata Kowalski's suicide.
  8. Florida must release COVID-19 data in settlement with watchdog group
    Oct. 9• Politics
    A COVID-19 testing site worker returns to a tent at a Hillsborough County drive-through testing site on Hillsborough Community College’s Brandon campus in January 2022.
  9. Illegal surgery recovery house busted in Florida cul de sac, cops say
    Oct. 8• Crime
    Police say an illegal surgery recovery house was being run out of this house in Miami.
  10. No, Feinstein didn’t tweet about getting a COVID vaccine days before her death
    Oct. 8• Health
    U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, second right, closes her eyes as she waits with her daughter, Christine Pelosi, rear, and Eileen Mariano, granddaughter of the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, left, for Feinstein's casket to be taken to the funeral home after a day of lying in state at San Francisco City Hall on Oct. 4.
  11. 4 members of Florida family sentenced for selling fake COVID-19 cure through online church
    Oct. 7• Crime
    Prosecutors called the Grenons “con men” and “snake-oil salesmen” and said the Bradenton family's Genesis II Church of Health and Healing sold $1 million worth of their so-called Miracle Mineral Solution.
  12. Florida kicked 63,000 people off Medicaid during the pandemic, report shows
    Oct. 6• Health
    Auditors were able to conclude only that Florida removed residents for “potentially unallowable reasons” because state officials failed to provide supporting documentation for the terminations.
  13. DeSantis health agency defying judge to block trans care, plaintiffs say
    Oct. 5• Politics
    Kaleb Hobson-Garcia, a transgender man, drove from Tallahassee to speak during a 2022 news conference in front of the Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport as the Florida Board of Medicine met inside. On the agenda was a discussion of proposed rules by the DeSantis administration to ban doctors from performing gender-affirming surgeries or providing puberty blockers to kids diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
  14. BayCare to build new St. Joseph’s Children’s hospital by 2030
    Oct. 4• Health
    An artist's rendering of a new St. Joseph's Children's Hospital that BayCare plans to build in Tampa by 2030.
  15. Florida wants to more than double size of Mosaic’s ‘radioactive roads’ plan
    Oct. 3• Environment
    Prayer walks, Indigenous ceremonies to raise awareness on environmental issues, are held each month in South Florida to bring attention to the "radioactive roads" bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in June. The event's organizer, Garrett Stuart, said he feels called to alert the public about the potential health risks of using phosphogypsum in road construction.
  16. Toni Says: Medicare Plan F rates are exploding. Help!
    Oct. 3• Health
    . You can change your Medicare Supplement Plan F anytime during the year. Medicare’s AEP is the time to change only your Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plan.
  17. Half of 500,000 removed from Medicaid are children, Florida Dems warn
    Sept. 30• Health
    More than 250,000 children have been terminated from Medicaid since April, according to new state data. That's almost half of the roughly 524,000 recipients removed from the program as the state conducts the first eligibility checks since the start of the pandemic.
  18. As COVID infections rise, nursing homes are still waiting for vaccines
    Sept. 29• Health
    Deb Wityk, a resident of the Spurgeon Manor nursing home in Dallas Center, Iowa, plans to get an updated covid shot as soon as she can. "Covid is not pretty in a nursing home," she says. (TONY LEYS/KFF HEALTH NEWS)
  19. Toni Says: What changes can I make during Medicare’s annual enrollment period?
    Sept. 27• Health
    Which Medicare option is right for you depends on your health and financial situation. You may be someone who has a history of serious health issues requiring expensive brand name prescription drugs or who goes to the doctor once a year for a physical and takes inexpensive generics.
  20. 6 people died by suicide in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Experts fear more.
    Sept. 27• Hurricane
    After retiring in 2012, Arthur Schnurpel moved to Florida from Indiana to live out his dream of being close to the beach.
  21. Feds: Florida’s poor oversight of psychotropic meds puts foster kids at risk
    Sept. 26• Health
    An audit of Florida's child welfare system found multiple cases of child welfare workers failing to follow state regulations on psychotropic or opioid medication use. Illustration by Oona Tempest with KFF Health News.
  22. Is hot water hurting seagrass recovery in Tampa Bay? A new study aims to find out.
    Sept. 25• Environment
    Sheila Scolaro, a community programs scientist for the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, holds a PVC pipe as she works to attach a temperature data logger in Old Tampa Bay near Safety Harbor on Aug. 25. The estuary program has launched a five-year study to determine if warmer water temperatures are hurting seagrasses’ chance to recover.
  23. Luna accuses FDA of ‘hiding what’s in our food’
    Sept. 24• Pinellas
    Anna Paulina Luna, who represents Pinellas County in Congress, is questioning whether a loosening of food labeling requirements during the pandemic presents a risk to the public.
  24. Biden administration to ban medical debt from Americans’ credit scores
    Sept. 22• Health
    Medical debt has sunk Penny Wingard’s credit score so low that she has struggled to qualify for loans, and applying for jobs and apartments has become a harrowing experience. On Sept. 21, the Biden administration announced plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores. (ANERI PATTANI/KFF HEALTH NEWS)
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