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Christine Jordan SextonMarch 6, 2015

Senate President Andy Gardiner, who began the session by saying the state needed to have a “discussion” about Medicaid expansion, explained in a memo to senators why he was pushing ahead with a bill that would extend coverage to 800,000 Floridians. The Thursday memo was accompanied with a detailed breakdown of the lengthy bill that […]

Daniel TilsonMarch 5, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott wrote a letter to President Obama this week. Isn’t that special? Well, yes and no. Yes, because it’s something that doesn’t happen every day. In a different world it might actually hold some promise of a constructive new dialogue beginning between presumably the most powerful man in Florida, and the most powerful […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 4, 2015

Work requirements, copayments, and commercial insurance or managed care companies are likely to be featured in a health plan that will emerge from the Senate next week as the chamber begins to discuss a health care plan the state could use if a $2 billion Medicaid financing is cut off by the federal government. Senate […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott sent a letter to President Barack Obama Wednesday advising Obama that he will not use state dollars to “backfill” any loss of federal “low income pool” or LIP money used to both help pay for health care programs and to train doctors. Scott assumed the funding would be intact when he crafted his […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott sent a letter to President Barack Obama Wednesday advising Obama that he will not use state dollars to “backfill” any loss of federal “low income pool” or LIP money used to both help pay for health care programs and to train doctors. Scott assumed the funding would be intact when he crafted his […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 27, 2015

For weeks the administration of Florida Gov. Rick Scott has downplayed the expected loss of more than $1 billion in federal funds that goes to hospitals that treat the poor and uninsured. But that changed on Friday as it is becoming more evident that the state must come up with an alternative solution in order […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 27, 2015

For weeks the administration of Florida Gov. Rick Scott has downplayed the expected loss of more than $1 billion in federal funds that goes to hospitals that treat the poor and uninsured. But that changed on Friday as it is becoming more evident that the state must come up with an alternative solution in order […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 25, 2015

Florida lawmakers will be getting busy in Tallahassee starting March 3, which kicks off the spectacle of the 2015 legislative session. State lawmakers, as they face hot-button issues ranging from the budget and child welfare to water, gambling and guns, will have one item in abundance, at least according to Florida Politics editorial cartoonist Bill Day. […]

James CallFebruary 22, 2015

It’s the lull before the storm. In the spring, salmon swim upriver, swallows return to Capistrano and 160 lawmakers descend on the state capitol to decide how to spend billions of dollars. That’s next week, this week people catch their breath before a 10-week sprint of budget debates and whether to change regulations governing alcohol, […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 17, 2015

He didn’t answer follow up questions from reporters, but Eliot Fishman, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director of the Children and Adults Health Programs Group, did talk at length about Medicaid and the Florida experience during his keynote address at the the 2015 Health Care Affordability Summit hosted by the Foundation of Associated Industries […]

Tag: low income pool

Senate President Andy Gardiner memos members: “We have the obligation to make coverage affordable …”

Daniel Tilson: Gov. Scott's latest tactics in 'Operation Obamacare Fail'

Senate health plan emerging as LIP negotiations heat up

Rick Scott warns Barack Obama that he won't use state dollars to "backfill" LIP loss

Rick Scott warns Barack Obama that he won’t use state dollars to “backfill” LIP loss

Scott administration acknowledges Low Income Pool won't be extended

Scott administration acknowledges Low Income Pool won’t be extended

Bill Day’s latest: A hot wind political hurricane about to blow in Tally

The week ahead: Lull before the Session storm

His words: Recording of Eliot Fishman’s remarks on LIP and Medicaid waiver