Florida is fighting a class-action lawsuit, which claims several hundred thousand Medicaid children did not receive medical checkups and dental care. Attorneys for the state said it worried a mass amount of appointments would strain the Medicaid system that is already low on physicians, according to the report.
Under federal law, states are required to market their Medicaid dental program, but the state said it simply couldn’t meet the demand. Florida has already spent $4.6 million defending the case, and it is uncertain when it will conclude, according to the report.
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