While Congress considers slashing Medicaid, the impact would be felt beyond Florida seniors. Nursing homes and other healthcare facilities could be forced to lay off staff or shut down.

Cuts to this essential program would hurt 3.9 million Floridians — and destabilize a key driver of the state economy | Opinion ...

Proposed federal budget cuts to Medicaid would devastate Florida’s most vulnerable communities. Millions of Floridians — ...

Any federal-government cuts to Medicaid could affect about 700,000 seniors in Florida now covered, including those in long-term care facilities, as well as those who may need skilled nursing or ...

Any federal-government cuts to Medicaid could affect about 700,000 seniors in Florida now covered, including those in long-term care facilities, as well as those who may need skilled nursing or ...

Then–Florida Medicaid Director Beth Kidder wrote a letter opposing the move, saying it would "cripple" the state's Medicaid program. Senior, though, is a little more hopeful than Kidder.