New numbers show counties will pay nearly $420M for Medicaid this year

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 403

Last Updated: 1 day, 14 hours ago

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With a potential cut in property tax revenue looming for Florida’s counties, other costs are on the rise.

The state’s top economists this week agreed that Florida’s 67 counties will be on the hook for nearly $420 million of what the state will spend on Medicaid this fiscal year.

Miami Dade ($69,356,749,) Broward ($34,672,150), Hillsborough ($30,915,054), Orange ($26,660,352), and Duval ($22,663,520), with their large populations, unsurprisingly, have the largest payments.

County Medicaid costs are then …

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