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Christine Jordan SextonJune 8, 2015

A federal court in Pensacola is ordering the Obama administration to respond to Florida’s request to have its dispute with the federal government over the continuation of Low Income Pool dollars mediated. In a brief one-page order Chief Judge M. Casey Rodgers said before ruling on Florida’s request for mediation the federal government needed to […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 6, 2015

The House on Friday rejected a Senate-driven health care expansion plan, passed a $300 million tax reduction package and capped the day by releasing the allocations that tell the story behind the budget deal that the Legislature agreed to this week. Working through staff, legislative leaders reached a deal on how to divide nearly $28.9 […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 5, 2015

A federal court in Pensacola has scheduled a hearing on Gov. Rick Scott‘s lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and preliminary injunction to require the federal government to keep Low Income Pool funding at more than $2 billion. The hearing in Scott v. Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled […]

Daniel TilsonJune 5, 2015

Dear Republican State Representatives in the Florida House: Word is, most of you are about to vote “Nay” and kill the Florida Senate’s healthcare bill that would insure hundreds of thousands of uninsured men and women stuck in the “Florida Coverage Gap.” Those are your fellow conservative Republican legislators who worked their butts off to […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 4, 2015

As the House prepares to debate — and most likely vote down — the Senate’s plan to expand access to health care, the White House Council of Economic Advisors released an analysis that shows expansion would reduce the state’s uncompensated care costs by $790 million in 2016. The report also shows that expanding coverage would […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 3, 2015

It was not unanimous but the Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a bill off the floor to use Medicaid funding under the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, to expand access to health care for low income uninsured Floridians. Passed by a 33-3 vote, SB 2-A was amended and debated the same day so it […]

Guest AuthorJune 2, 2015

Put aside the politics of Florida’s healthcare reform debate for a minute, and you’ll recognize our uninsured crisis is as much a public safety problem as it is a public policy challenge. My entire professional life has been dedicated to public service and safety. Working my way up from patrolman to lieutenant over 26 years […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 2, 2015

A group of uninsured Millennials on Tuesday presented 13,000 signatures to a top official in the Florida House of Representatives. The group did not meet with Speaker Steve Crisafulli who, according to his Chief of Staff, Kathy Mears, was in a meeting. The small group presented the House with a scroll of 13,000 signatures asking […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 1, 2015

Senate President Andy Gardiner on Monday told reporters that the Special Session’s priority is to pass a budget, and that health care — a driving factor behind the divisive 2015 Regular Session — would be an issue Florida will continue to work on “long after” he leaves the Legislature. “I just think health care debate […]

Ryan RayJune 1, 2015

House Speaker Steve Crisafulli set a brisk, all-business tone as the “people’s chamber” started the first Special Session since 2011. That was when a challenge to the body’s redistricting efforts brought the House back to Tallahassee in the summer for a quick cosmetic fix to a small number of seats. This Special Session is something else […]

Tag: obamacare

Federal judge tells Obama administration it must respond to Fla’s request for mediation by noon, Tuesday

Budget deal increases health care funding by $450 million

Federal judge schedules hearing on Rick Scott’s Low Income Pool lawsuit

Daniel Tilson: Dear Florida House Republicans …

Medicaid expansion would trim $790 million in uncompensated care in Florida, report shows

Senate passes health care expansion bill by 33-3 vote

Robert Asencio: Healthcare expansion is a public safety issue

Millennials trek to Tally to press for Medicaid expansion under Obamacare

Health care debate will last “long after I’m gone” Andy Gardiner says

Welcome (back) to the Florida House: Session 2015 A begins