Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 27, 2024
7min0
Sam Garrison says a 6% Medicaid hike for nursing homes is a good 'starting point' for budget negotiations, but Gayle Harrell says the industry got a 'significant' increases last year.
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Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 27, 2024Christine Jordan SextonJune 24, 2022
5min0
Fort Myers-based Lee Memorial Health Systems was the driving force behind SB 1260.
Staff ReportsFebruary 27, 2017
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Representatives of hospitals that provide a lot of charity care in Florida were headed to Washington Monday to urge federal health care officials and members of Congress to give them more money and freedom to spend it. Tony Carvalho, president of the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, said members hope the Trump administration will […]
Melissa RossJanuary 20, 2016
6min469
In a series of broadsides at Gov. Rick Scott and the state’s House leadership, a panel of national health policy experts convened by the League of Women Voters of Florida has released a blistering report to the media outlining the Republican leadership’s decision not to expand Medicaid – in particular, its growing effect on Florida […]
Jim RosicaOctober 14, 2015
3min268
Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner, whose son has Down syndrome, focused on the needs of Floridians with “unique abilities” in his remarks at Wednesday’s Associated Press legislative planning session. When later asked about what was arguably the most pressing issue of last session, paying for hospitals’ charity care, Gardiner – a hospital executive – largely took a pass. […]
Christine Jordan SextonJune 1, 2015
5min228
Senate President Andy Gardiner on Monday told reporters that the Special Session’s priority is to pass a budget, and that health care — a driving factor behind the divisive 2015 Regular Session — would be an issue Florida will continue to work on “long after” he leaves the Legislature. “I just think health care debate […]
Mitch PerryMarch 4, 2015
6min301
Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday that if the state and the federal government can’t come to an agreement on Florida’s Low Income Pool (LIP) program, he won’t supplement the program with state funds. “Florida taxpayers fund our federal government and deserve to get a return on their investment,” Scott wrote in a letter to President Barack […]