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Guest AuthorApril 23, 2015

The Florida Constitution requires the Florida Legislature to pass a balanced budget and send it to the governor. This is the Constitution’s primary mandate for the Legislature. The Florida budget, like any budget, is comprised of two components: income and expenses. Governmental income is derived from the taxes and fees paid by Floridians and visitors […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 23, 2015

With just eight days left in the 2015 Legislative Session, Gov. Rick Scott has turned up the heat on the Florida Senate. Scott called Democrat and Republican senators into his office on Wednesday to discuss his legislative priorities, such as tax cuts and increased spending for education. He also advised the senators that he could wield […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 22, 2015

The Legislature should focus its efforts on securing continued supplemental Medicaid funding for Florida hospitals but not push ahead with a plan to provide health insurance access to uninsured Floridians. So said Florida Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson in a memo Wednesday. The memo, directed to the Chamber’s board of directors and […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 22, 2015

Has Rick Scott been drafted to fight in the “war” Richard Corcoran has declared on the health care industry? The governor said in a news release on Tuesday that if the Legislature cannot adjourn on time with a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year he will create a “Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding.” The […]

Ryan RayApril 22, 2015

Has Rick Scott been drafted to fight in the “war” Richard Corcoran has declared on the health care industry? The governor said in a press release on Tuesday that if the Legislature cannot adjourn on time with a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year he will create a “Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding.” The […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 21, 2015

The 2015 session of the Florida Legislature came crashing down Tuesday as both House and Senate Republicans calcified their positions regarding hospital funding and Medicaid expansion. The impasse prompted Gov. Rick Scott to finally weigh in late in the day, saying he will call lawmakers back into special session if they can’t quickly resolve the […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 21, 2015

Senate Appropriations Chairman Tom Lee said Tuesday that he had a face-to-face meeting with Gov. Rick Scott Monday night, the first of the session focusing on the substantive difference between the Senate and the governor’s office on the health care financing impasse. Lee told reporters that Scott initiated the meeting and that he went down […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 21, 2015

Senate President Andy Gardiner released a statement on Tuesday saying that the Senate may use $600 million available in reserves to fund health care programs in the 2015-16 fiscal year year budget. In a statement, Gardiner said the $600 million could be used to draw down federal matching Medicaid dollars and used to offset a […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 21, 2015

Florida’s budget showdown over hospital funding may not be resolved until midsummer thanks to a little-noticed series of deadlines that accompany the state’s official request to draw down billions in health care funding. The decision by the Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Liz Dudek on Monday to propose an amendment to the existing Medicaid waiver […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 20, 2015

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said he supports a move by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to sue the federal government over souring Medicaid negotiations. In a press release issued by Abbott’s office the governor said that he “commends” Scott’s decision to take legal action and “Texas will support Florida in its litigation against the […]

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Garrett Richter: Health care in Florida: It’s our money and we deserve a return

Rick Scott turns up heat on Florida Senate, hospitals

Chamber says focus should be Medicaid financing, not expansion

Did Rick Scott join the Richard Corcoran Army?

Did Rick Scott join the Corcoran Army?

Facing budget train wreck, Rick Scott offers “continuation” plan

Health care impasse taints national Republican Party image, Tom Lee says

Senate has $600 million in reserves it can pump into health care, Andy Gardiner says

Feds have until July 4 to answer state on Medicaid

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he supports Rick Scott’s lawsuit against feds