President Donald Trump’s “ Big Beautiful Bill ” will cut $3.8 billion from Florida’s health care system, with that money primarily affecting Florida hospitals.

Brian Meyer, Florida’s Medicaid director , gave an update at the House Health Care Facilities and Systems Subcommittee .

The new law is making cuts to Medicare, among other reforms. One of the major changes in Florida will be a cap on state-directed payments going to hospitals, with the changes setting that cap at 110% of Medicare, Meyer told lawmakers.

Five Florida programs are over that cap and currently receive $9 billion. That total will drop to $5.2 billion in state-directed payments by 2034-2035, Meyer told the group of lawmakers after facing earlier questions in the week about how children are being disenrolled

See Full Page