Christine Jordan SextonAugust 22, 2022
7min0
The extension of the public health emergency is driving the increases in enrollment and decreases in state costs.
Tag: low income pool
Christine Jordan SextonAugust 22, 2022
A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2021
6min1073
Are states being punished for not expanding Medicaid?
Christine Jordan SextonDecember 8, 2021
6min2343
'President Biden’s 'Build Back Better' is reviving the Obama-era playbook and proposing significant cuts to Florida.'
Christine Jordan SextonMay 8, 2021
4min2218
28% of all new sign-ups were in the Sunshine State.
Christine Jordan SextonJune 9, 2020
3min440
A top state Medicaid official said she wasn’t sure how much spending authority the federal government will approve.
Christine Jordan SextonJune 2, 2020
6min634
"What we know is Medicaid is still antiquated."
Peter SchorschFebruary 28, 2018
4min390
Senate Appropriations Chair Rob Bradley is undertaking something seen too rarely in the Legislative process: He is actually trying to clean up and improve Florida’s health care financing policy. Bradley, an Orange Park Republican, intends to do this by finally eliminating “auto-payments,” a payment scheme that Gov. Rick Scott described in 2015 as arbitrary, inconsistent and bearing no relationship […]
Guest AuthorAugust 24, 2017
5min296
With governments wrestling with the ever-increasing costs of health care, it is critical for all of us to consider ways Florida can save money while still serving those with limited access to care. This is why we should all support the mission of Florida’s 49 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which serve over 1.4 million […]
Peter SchorschAugust 15, 2017
6min246
Last week, the Trump administration approved Florida’s request for the long-anticipated Medicaid 1115 waiver. The waiver increases funding in the Low Income Pool to $1.5 billion, which will help cover the costs of uncompensated care in our state. Tucked into that significant budget is a comparatively small – but incredibly important – budget crumb of […]
Michael MolineApril 12, 2017
8min536
The Trump administration is coming through with $1.5 million in new health care money for Florida, Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday as the House and Senate debated their rival spending plans for 2017-18. The money will finance Florida’s Low Income Pool, which reimburses hospitals that provide charity care. The infusion would “truly improve the quality […]