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Christine Jordan SextonJune 10, 2015

A move to require the federal government to enter mediation with Florida over the future of the Low Income Pool was shot down by a federal court in Pensacola on Wednesday. Gov. Rick Scott issued a statement saying his administration will “continue to fight for this important funding for low income families any and every […]

Drew WilsonJune 10, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott’s political committee, Let’s Get to Work, raised $275,000 in May, including a $100,000 check from Jupiter businessman and trustee of the DeGeorge Charitable Trust, Lawrence F. DeGeorge. The contributions push the committee’s yearly total to $2.6 million, though they are markedly lower than the monster hauls brought in during the Legislative Session months of […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 10, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott has a Wednesday deadline to either act on nearly 60 bills or allow then become law without his signature. The 56 bills awaiting Scott’s signature or veto include a contentious measure that requires a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions and a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to try […]

Associated PressJune 9, 2015

The governors of Florida and Georgia are discussing how to resolve a long-running water dispute. Florida Gov. Rick Scott met for an hour Tuesday with Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal at the governor’s mansion. The meeting comes as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge from Florida seeking to limit Georgia’s withdrawals from the […]

Ryan RayJune 9, 2015

In a revision issued less than 2 1/2 hours before the meeting is to take place, the office of Gov. Rick Scott released an amended daily schedule that includes a 3 p.m. Tuesday meeting with Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, a defendant in a lawsuit Scott filed last year in the latest episode of Florida’s decades-long “water […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 8, 2015

Forty percent of the highest Medicare-charging hospitals in the nation are in Florida and all are for-profit facilities, a report published in the Monday journal of Health Affairs shows. The analysis found that 49 of the 50 top Medicare charges are for-profit facilities and half are owned by the for-profit hospital chain Community Health Systems. Twenty-eight […]

Melissa RossJune 8, 2015

As Florida legislators try to iron out their differences over the state’s major budget items, advocates for Florida’s nearly 1 million uninsured are speaking out about Friday’s House vote rejecting the Senate’s Medicaide expansion compromise. “It really is kind of a dire situation,” said Sarah Sullivan, director of Florida Coastal School of Law’s Disability and Public […]

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 8, 2015

Senate budget Chief Tom Lee said on Monday the House is “doing the bidding” of Gov. Rick Scott in pushing to increase funds to Enterprise Florida. The remarks followed Sen. Jack Latvala‘s abrupt move to adjourn the Tourism and Economic Development budget conferee meeting early Monday morning just minutes into the meeting and as the House […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 8, 2015

As lawmakers work on a 2015-16 spending plan with a $1 billion Low Income Pool for health care spending, Gov. Rick Scott continues to push for more money and is looking to the courts to help him get it. On Monday, attorneys for the governor filed a five-page motion with the federal court in Pensacola […]

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Court rejects Rick Scott’s request for mediation on LIP funding

Let’s Get to Work raises $275,000 in May

56 bills waiting for Rick Scott to sign, veto or become law without signature

Florida, Georgia governors hold private meeting on water

Rick Scott’s agenda amended to include meeting with Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal

Florida home to 20 for-profit hospitals among the highest Medicare billers

“It really is a dire situation,” say advocates for state’s uninsured

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

Tom Lee says House is “doing the bidding” of Rick Scott on Enterprise Florida funding

Rick Scott demands mediation in Medicaid lawsuit with feds as lawmakers craft budget