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Congressional Democrats send letter to Rick Scott calling on him to drop lawsuit

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The letter writing surrounding Medicaid and Low Income Pool continues as ten Congressional Democrats sent a note to Gov. Rick Scott on Friday calling on him to drop his yet-to-be-filed lawsuit against the Obama Administration for coercing the state to expand Medicaid in order to continue to receive supplemental Medicaid funding for hospitals. “We are concerned that you intend to take Florida down a wasteful and counterproductive path with a frivolous and baseless lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and…

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Andy Gardiner calls for meeting on Medicaid funding options

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Senate President Andy Gardiner has scheduled a Tuesday workshop for senators to brush up on the Medicaid issues that have brought the session to a standstill. In a Friday memo to senators, Gardiner said he asked Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Lee to use the first portion of his all-day meeting to discuss Low Income Pool and that Senate professional staff discuss with members the “potential funding scenarios and implications for their constituents.” Gardiner said in the memo that the…

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Americans For Prosperity runs a video criticizing Florida Senate for “Obamcare” spin

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Americans For Prosperity is taking its anti-Obamcare message to the internet and is running a video targeting the Florida Senate for its “spin” that the federal health care program would be beneficial to the state. The 30-second video features President Obama‘s face on a spinning token with the Florida Capitol in the background. “Florida Senators say it could solve the health crisis,” the Internet video says “but it could ad millions to the system without adding any doctors. They promise it…

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Rick Scott says feds are like The Sopranos, “bullying” Florida

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Gov. Rick Scott appeared on Fox News Thursday night and accused the federal government of behaving like the mafia and “bullying”  the state during negotiations over supplemental Medicaid dollars to pay Florida hospitals. “This is the Sopranos,” Scott said, referring to the hit HBO show about a New Jersey-based mafia family. “They are using bullying tactics to attack our state. It’s wrong. It’s outrageous they are doing this.” Scott announced early Thursday that he would sue the federal government because…

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Rick Scott’s decision to sue the feds over Medicaid gets mixed reactions

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Gov. Rick Scott’s announcement that he will sue the federal government for withholding Low Income Pool dollars caused a firestorm on Thursday, rounding out what has been topsy turvy week in health care in Tallahassee. The announcement of the suit drew praise from conservatives such as Koch-brothers backed group Americans for Prosperity which issued a release saying, “The Obama Administration has proven once again to Florida taxpayers that Washington cannot be trusted to negotiate in good faith. The move also…

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Pam Bondi says she’ll join Rick Scott in Medicaid lawsuit

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Attorney General Pam Bondi said she will help Gov. Rick Scott sue the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services for withholding supplemental Medicaid funding for Florida’s hospitals. In a release Bondi said her office “led the lawsuit that stopped the federal government from forcing states to expand Medicaid and we will not sit by while the Obama administration holds hostage LIP funding in an effort to force the expansion here in Florida.” Scott’s office on Thursday issued a statement…

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Rick Scott says he’s suing feds for “coercing” state into Medicaid expansion

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott said on Thursday he will sue federal government for “coercing” the state into expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law by withholding supplemental Medicaid funding known as Low Income Pool.  “It is appalling that President Obama would cut off federal healthcare dollars to Florida in an effort to force our state further into Obamacare,” Scott said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. At press time no lawsuit had been filed. The decision to sue…

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