Florida ‘callously’ strips healthcare from thousands of children despite new law

Governor Ron DeSantis's challenging of a continuous eligibility' rule has booted over 22,000 children off insurance since January

Florida is continuing to callously" strip healthcare coverage from thousands of children in lower-income households in defiance of a new federal law intended to protect them.

Since 1 January, more than 22,500 children have been disenrolled from Florida KidCare, its version of the Children's Health Insurance Program (Chip) that is jointly subsidized by states and the US government for families with earnings just above the threshold for Medicaid.