Florida Sues Medicaid Over Children’s Health Insurance Policy

The state of Florida filed a lawsuit pushing back against a move from the Biden administration to prohibit states from disenrolling beneficiaries from the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

In a motion for preliminary injunction filed Thursday in the Middle District of Florida, the state’s Medicaid program argued that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services overstepped its power under the Administrative Procedures Act when it issued guidance notifying states that they can no longer disenroll CHIP participants who fail to pay premiums.

In late 2022, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, requiring states to provide 12 months ...