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Guest AuthorApril 27, 2015

While the struggle to close the healthcare coverage gap in Florida is getting plenty of attention right now, there’s an important Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) Special Enrollment Period (SEP) deadline coming up this week that deserves its share of attention too. Many still-uninsured Floridians don’t know that although the ACA Open Enrollment Period […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 27, 2015

Rep. Richard Corcoran, the House budget chief who has urged House members to go to “war” over health care, made it clear Monday: No means no when it comes to Medicaid expansion. Corcoran, who took to Twitter this past weekend to vent his frustration over the current health care impasse that has bogged down this […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 26, 2015

Health care financing isn’t the only unresolved issue heading into the final week of the 2015 Legislative Session. A significant amount of health care policy — from deciding the role advanced registered nurse practitioners should have in an ever-evolving delivery system to whether doctors should be allowed to override insurance companies and HMOs as they […]

Daniel TilsonApril 22, 2015

Gov. Scott finally got busy addressing big issues this week. Not serious, mind you, just busy. Lots of finger-pointing, no problem-solving With President Barack Obama visiting South Florida and using the Everglades as backdrop to observe Earth Day, Scott refused the White House’s invitation to participate. Why risk hearing any inflammatory words or phrases. Climate […]

Mitch PerryApril 22, 2015

This past weekend, Nashua, N.H., was the center of the political universe. About 20 announced presidential candidates, probable candidates, and long-shot possibilities were offered 30 minutes each by the New Hampshire Republican Party to present themselves and answer questions from 600 Republicans at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit. In addition to reporting […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 22, 2015

Has Rick Scott been drafted to fight in the “war” Richard Corcoran has declared on the health care industry? The governor said in a news release on Tuesday that if the Legislature cannot adjourn on time with a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year he will create a “Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding.” The […]

Phil AmmannApril 21, 2015

In order to adjourn on time, all 160 members of the Florida Legislature must have a budget on their desks sometime on April 28. Florida law requires legislators have at least 72 hours to look over the budget before voting on it just before sine die on May 1. The odds of completing a budget […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 21, 2015

The 2015 session of the Florida Legislature came crashing down Tuesday as both House and Senate Republicans calcified their positions regarding hospital funding and Medicaid expansion. The impasse prompted Gov. Rick Scott to finally weigh in late in the day, saying he will call lawmakers back into special session if they can’t quickly resolve the […]

Bob SparksApril 21, 2015

In order to adjourn on time, all 160 members of the Florida Legislature must have a budget on their desks sometime on April 28. Florida law requires legislators have at least 72 hours to look over the budget before voting on it just before sine die on May 1. The odds of completing a budget […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 21, 2015

Senate President Andy Gardiner released a statement on Tuesday saying that the Senate may use $600 million available in reserves to fund health care programs in the 2015-16 fiscal year year budget. In a statement, Gardiner said the $600 million could be used to draw down federal matching Medicaid dollars and used to offset a […]

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Bob Sparks: So far for this Legislature, the FHIX is not in

Facing budget train wreck, Rick Scott offers “continuation” plan

Bob Sparks: So far for this Legislature, the FHIX is not in

Senate has $600 million in reserves it can pump into health care, Andy Gardiner says