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Christine Jordan SextonMay 11, 2015

Rick Scott made an appearance on Fox News Monday night saying why he flip-flopped on Medicaid expansion and said he was going “to do the right things to drive health care costs down.” Scott told Fox’s Greta Van Susteren he went from supporting Medicaid expansion in 2013 when his mother died to opposing it in […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 8, 2015

In what is seemingly reminiscent of its 2010 case against Obamacare, Gov. Rick Scott’s lawsuit has picked up steam with Republican-led states. After verbally committing support governors from Kansas and Texas jointly filed friend-of-the-court briefs with the federal court in Pensacola on Friday. “Florida won a partial and very public victory against (the federal government) […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 8, 2015

One day after leaving Washington, D.C., with no promises the federal government will extend Medicaid supplemental funding to the state for another year, Gov. Rick Scott‘s attorneys filed an injunction in his lawsuit against the Obama administration. On the surface, the filing asks the court to issue a preliminary injunction or to support a writ […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 7, 2015

Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant issued a statement saying “sometimes there are no words” after Gov. Rick Scott told reporters he supported Medicaid expansion in 2013 because the state had just gotten approval from the federal government to expand its mandatory managed care program for three years. “The lengths to which Rick Scott will […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 6, 2015

Sen. Rene Garcia sent Gov. Rick Scott a letter Wednesday expressing his interest in being on the new healthcare and hospital commission that Scott created through an executive order. “Our state is facing many critical health care challenges and our hospitals are an important partner in providing services to Floridians in need of medical treatment,” […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 6, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday he’s prepared to walk away from additional Medicaid funding and prepare a base budget if the state doesn’t get approval from the federal government on the Low Income Pool soon. Scott talked with reporters after a meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. Scott went to Washington to request […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 5, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday that he’s working on a base, or continuation budget, for the upcoming year. “I’m looking at Special Session, I’m looking at a base budget, I’m working on our own base budget because I want to make sure our state continues to operate after June 30.” Florida law requires the governor […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 5, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott wants a Medicaid block grant. That was the governor’s message in a gaggle with reporters on Tuesday to discuss his meeting with Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday. The governor said he hopes the federal government will reconsider its decision on Low Income Pool funding […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 5, 2015

Despite a looming lawsuit — and the meltdown of this year’s Legislative Session — Florida’s top health care official said the state is talking again with its federal counterparts. Liz Dudek, secretary for the Agency for Health Care Administration, told reporters Tuesday that her agency had a “brief conversation” this week with federal officials. Dudek […]

Julie DelegalMay 3, 2015

Just as House lawmakers were putting together their annual “trains” – cramming multiple, tangentially related bills into hundreds of pages of amendments so they could pass them all at the eleventh hour – a funny thing happened. They upped and quit. On April 27, House Speaker Steve Crisafulli prematurely banged his gavel, ending the session […]

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Republican states join Florida lawsuit challenging Obamacare … again

Rick Scott’s attorneys file injunction to force Medicaid funding beyond June 30

Allison Tant calls Rick Scott out for his Medicaid expansion remark

Rene Garcia wants in on Rick Scott’s healthcare, hospital commission

Rick Scott tells feds, “We need federal action right now”

Rick Scott working on new 2015-16 spending plan, base budget

Rick Scott to Legislature: Get a block grant

On-again, off-again LIP talks with feds back on again, Liz Dudek says

Julie Delegal: Slackers in the Florida House leave 800,000 Floridians exposed