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Christine Jordan SextonApril 6, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday reversed his position on Medicaid expansion again as he announced he will not support providing access to health care for 800,000 uninsured Floridians as called for under the federal health care law. After Florida Politics reported the governor’s office would not answer questions on Medicaid expansion Friday his office […]

Gary FineoutMarch 31, 2015

Amid growing budget discord that could derail this year’s session of the Florida Legislature, Senate President Andy Gardiner dispatched two top Republican senators to Washington to talk with federal officials about more than $1 billion in health care grants the state could soon lose. Gardiner, an Orlando Republican who works for a hospital, took the […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2015

One argument used consistently the past three years by House Republicans in Florida over why they’ve rejected Medicaid expansion is that they say the federal government will renege on its financial promises. The Obama administration has said that any state that accepts Medicaid funding to help insure more people under the Affordable Care Act will […]

Tag: LIP program

Rick Scott reverses course, opposes Medicaid expansion

Florida senators meet with feds on health care money

In St. Pete, Rick Scott expresses frustration with the feds over LIP program funding