Is Florida’s children’s health insurance program compliant with the “big beautiful” law that President Donald Trump pushed through Congress?

The answer to that question depends on whom you ask.

While the law makes upward of $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, it unexpectedly did not repeal portions of a Biden administration rule meant to make children’s health insurance (CHIP) programs like Florida’s operate more like Medicaid by banning eligibility waiting periods and enrollment lockouts.

The rule, which went into effect last June, also requires a smooth transfer of children from Medicaid to the CHIP program to ensure none fall into a health care coverage gap.

“I think nobody knew this would happen, per se. It was very clear Republicans were trying to repeal

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