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Christine Jordan SextonMay 13, 2015

The Department of Health and Human Services needs to be more transparent when it comes to approving sweeping Medicaid 1115 Demonstration waivers, a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office asserts. The 69-page GAO report recommends increased transparency in the management of billions dollars spent on health care. It says the Department of Health and […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 12, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott‘s idea that Florida hospitals share profits to brace for the loss of a $2.2 billion health care financing program is not being warmly received by the the Legislature, which is in charge of allocating Medicaid funding. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli said in a statement Monday that there are “other solutions available that […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 12, 2015

Sen. David Simmons on Tuesday sent a memo to Florida lawmakers along with an optional editorial he wrote for the Orlando Sentinel calling the Senate’s proposal to expand health care a “path to Medicaid extinction.” In his memo, Simmons said there are “many misconceptions about the Senate’s healthcare plan,” and attached his editorial that was […]

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 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 […]

Associated PressMay 7, 2015

The Obama administration rebuffed Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to extend federal funding for hospitals that treat the uninsured, increasing the pressure on states that have refused to expand coverage for low-income people under the president’s health care law. The decision means Florida’s already acrimonious state budget process will likely become tenser. The standoff also […]

Associated PressMay 6, 2015

The Obama administration snubbed Florida’s proposal to extend federal funds for hospitals that treat low-income and uninsured patients, a dispute that has paralyzed the state budget. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell gave Gov. Rick Scott the news when she met with him in Washington on Wednesday. The Republican governor wants the administration to […]

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,” […]

Mitch PerryMay 6, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott‘s trip to Washington on Wednesday to meet with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell about the soon-to-expire Low Income Pool did not come to a happy resolution. As has been documented in the media, health care officials in Florida have been aware for several years that that the $2.2 billion LIP funding […]

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 […]

Tag: Medicaid

GAO report calls for more transparency with Medicaid 1115 waivers

Rick Scott’s profit-sharing idea gets no love from Legislature, hospitals

David Simmons calls Senate health plan “a path to Medicaid extinction”

Special Session won’t resolve health care impasse, Rick Scott predicts

Allison Tant calls Rick Scott out for his Medicaid expansion remark

States watching Medicaid standoff between Florida, Obama

No agreement between Florida governor, feds on Medicaid

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

Kathy Castor says Rick Scott “fighting for a wasteful, inefficient outdated pot of dollars”

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