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‘Nonpartisan’ group targets eight House Rs with negative mailer

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Eight House Republicans have been targeted by FloridaStrong, a group that calls itself “nonpartisan” but has ties to Democrats. The negative mailer targets Republicans in swing districts, accusing them of “fail(ing) leadership, violating the state Constitution, and endangering the health and well-being of Floridians.” The mailer doesn’t mention Medicaid or FHIX, which caused the rift between the House, Senate and Governor’s Office and led to the demise of the 2015 regular legislative session but tells voters to contact their representatives…

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A look at the info the House is giving members on Senate’s FHIX plan, Medicaid expansion

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The House Health and Human Services Committee meets for three hours on Monday and will “workshop” the Senate’s proposals to expand healthcare coverage to uninsured Floridians by tapping into Medicaid dollars under Obamacare. To assist them the committee will have a package of information compiled by House professional staff. There are pages of charts, figures, estimates and analyses that show that the Senate’s FHIX program would cost the state lots of money. Additionally, it could cost the newly insured lots…

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Five questions heading into Special Session

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The 2015 Special Session A kicks off Monday. Here are five questions to consider going into the Special Session, which was called by House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner despite not having reached any agreement on the budget or spending in the month since the regular session came to a crashing end without the Legislature passing a budget — or much of anything else. — How much Low Income Pool money will the state factor into the budget? The federal government has…

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Environmental Secretary Jon Steverson reapplies for his job

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Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson has reapplied for his job, agency staff confirmed Friday night. Before being named Secretary by Gov. Rick Scott earlier this year, Steverson served as the executive director of the Northwest Florida Management District. Steverson previously worked for DEP 2011-2012 as special counsel and acting deputy secretary for water policy before being asked by Scott to serve as secretary during the governor’s second administration. Steverson is reapplying for the post amid a controversy surrounding…

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Washington has not signed off on Rick Scott’s new LIP proposal, feds say

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The federal government received Gov. Rick Scott‘s proposal to revamp the Low Income Pool and “continues to be engaged with Florida,” but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “has not communicated approval,” a spokesperson for HHS said Friday. Ben Wakana said CMS is reviewing the proposal as well as the public comments and is “working to understand the implications of the letter as well as the viability and sustainability of the proposed funding mechanism.” Florida was advised last week…

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Teaching hospitals losers, for-profits winners, under Rick Scott’s alternative LIP proposal

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The state’s largest teaching hospitals would see a $200 million reduction in Medicaid payments under a proposal Gov. Rick Scott has floated to the federal government in hopes of keeping Florida’s supplemental Medicaid funds at a full $2 billion. Conversely, the for-profit facilities would gain the most under the proposal being advanced by Scott, the former chief executive officer of the nation’s largest hospital chain. According to spreadsheets distributed by the governor’s office, Scott’s reworked spending formula would mean deep reductions…

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Upcoming special session almost as much about health care as budget

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The 2015 Special Session is being referred to as a budget session but it could just as easily be described as the special session on health care. Thirty-two bills have been filed for consideration in the 2015A session and 40 percent of them impact health care, either through substantive policy changes, financing, or both, including a bill that would eliminate CON for general hospitals, long-term- care hospitals and “tertiary services” such as pediatric open heart surgery, organ transplantation and neonatal…

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