09/11/20

The purpose of the Medicaid program is to provide affordable healthcare coverage for low-income individuals and families, and our organizations are committed to ensuring that Medicaid provides adequate, affordable and accessible healthcare coverage. Unfortunately, Florida’s proposal to continue to eliminate retroactive coverage for all non-pregnant adults does not meet this objective and will instead continue to create administrative barriers that jeopardize access to healthcare for patients with serious and chronic diseases. Our organizations urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reject this provision from Florida’s Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Extension Application.