VIDEO: Matt Gaetz in Tallahassee to promote Medicaid block grants
Matt Gaetz

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Congressman Matt Gaetz was in the Capitol Wednesday to discuss health care reform, including his support for a block grant funding method for Medicaid, the joint state-federal health care program for the poor.

After a structured media availability, the former state representative elected to Congress last year held a more informal gaggle with members of the Capitol Press Corps.

Gaetz, a Fort Walton Beach Republican, served in the Florida House for six years.

Below is a Periscope video of his Q&A in the House media room.

Jim Rosica

Jim Rosica is the Tallahassee-based Senior Editor for Florida Politics. He previously was the Tampa Tribune’s statehouse reporter. Before that, he covered three legislative sessions in Florida for The Associated Press. Jim graduated from law school in 2009 after spending nearly a decade covering courts for the Tallahassee Democrat, including reporting on the 2000 presidential recount. He can be reached at [email protected].



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