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Christine Jordan SextonApril 27, 2015

Rep. Richard Corcoran, the House budget chief who has urged House members to go to “war” over health care, made it clear Monday: No means no when it comes to Medicaid expansion. Corcoran, who took to Twitter this past weekend to vent his frustration over the current health care impasse that has bogged down this […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 8, 2015

Two billion dollars used to fund health care in Florida is at risk of being eliminated if the federal government doesn’t agree to extend a pool of money used to help fund health care for low income Floridians. Authority for the Low Income Pool expires June 30 and renewal negotiations with the federal government to […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 8, 2014

The Florida Association of Health Plans (FAHP), which represents billion-dollar HMOs, is pulling a bait-and-switch on the health of Florida’s most vulnerable children. They oppose important legislation designed to protect the oral health of underserved kids. At issue is roughly $200 million annually in taxpayer dollars that today provide care to kids through the “carved-out” […]

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(L-R) Michael Hartline, Adam Hasner and John Volin. Images via Florida State University, Florida Atlantic University and University of Maine.

Richard Corcoran: No means no on Medicaid expansion

$2 billion in health care funding at risk

Sen. Flores & Rep. Diaz: Protect dental health of underserved kids