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Phil AmmannMarch 23, 2015

Both the Florida House and Senate released spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year, providing funding for everything from education and transportation to the newly passed Amendment 1 land-conservation measure. Beyond that, however, the two budgets could not be further apart; almost $5 billion, to be exact. Bill Day’s latest takes aim at this fiscal […]

Phil AmmannMarch 23, 2015

Both the Florida House and Senate released spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year, providing funding for everything from education and transportation to the newly passed Amendment 1 land-conservation measure. Beyond that, however, the two budgets could not be further apart; almost $5 billion, to be exact. Bill Day’s latest takes aim at this fiscal […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 19, 2015

The House and Senate are $5 billion apart on Medicaid spending but they appear poised to give an additional $2.6 million to the state Agency for Health Care Administration to cover increased litigation costs. Both the House and Senate budgets contain $2.73 million to hire outside legal counsel in lawsuits. It was exactly what the […]

Peter SchorschMarch 19, 2015

Amid the early skirmishes of the 2015 Legislative Session, an unexpected upset occurred this past week when a bill died in its first committee of reference. The fact the bill died is not entirely surprising, especially in light of the policy in the bill. In fact, that the bill was even being considered is a testament […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 19, 2015

The Senate on Thursday will propose an alternative Low Income Pool model that would use supplemental Medicaid dollars to increase the base rates all hospitals are paid to treat the poor, elderly disabled, uninsured, and underinsured. The new modified LIP plan would still give the the major local contributors to the LIP program a healthy […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 18, 2015

The Senate budget will include nearly $3 billion in Medicaid funding to expand coverage to about 800,000 people as well as an alternative plan to draw down supplemental Medicaid money to help pay hospitals and other providers for treating uninsured patients. That means the Senate and House budgets could be billions apart — a fact […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 18, 2015

The Senate budget will include nearly $3 billion in Medicaid funding to expand coverage to about 800,000 people as well as an alternative plan to draw down supplemental Medicaid money to help pay hospitals and other providers for treating uninsured patients. That means the Senate and House budgets could be billions apart — a fact […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 17, 2015

Florida’s top Medicaid official said on Tuesday he wants to have a tentative agreement with the federal government on how much Florida can expect to receive in supplemental Medicaid dollars by early to mid April. Deputy Secretary for Medicaid Justin Senior told Florida Politics that the plan is to have a letter of agreement outlining broad principles […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 17, 2015

Despite testimony urging them to be wary of tapping into any increased Medicaid funding, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on Tuesday passed its Medicaid expansion bill that would provide coverage to an estimated 800,000 uninsured Floridians. Though the committee had been given three hours to debate and discuss SB 7044, sponsored […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 17, 2015

The House released a health care budget on Tuesday that has no supplemental Medicaid dollars to help pay hospitals, federally qualified health centers, graduate medical education and even prepaid health plans. House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Matt Hudson said it would be “premature” for the House to include supplemental, or Low Income Pool, […]

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Bill Day's latest: The widening budget gap over Medicaid expansion

Bill Day’s latest: The widening budget gap over Medicaid expansion

House, Senate agree to hire more lawyers to defend more Medicaid lawsuits

Medicaid dental carve-out saga shows fundamentals still matter

Senate’s new LIP model increases base rates for all hospitals

Senate budget is chock full o’ Medicaid dollars, says Tom Lee

Senate budget is chock full o' Medicaid dollars, says Tom Lee

State Medicaid chief wants tentative agreement with feds by mid-April

Medicaid expansion passes its 2nd Senate panel unanimously

No Medicaid supplemental funds in House budget