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Did Rick Scott join the Richard Corcoran Army?

Published on April 22, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Christine Jordan Sexton

Has Rick Scott been drafted to fight in the “war” Richard Corcoran has declared on the healthcare industry? The governor said in a press 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 commission, Scott said in the release, will examine the revenues of Florida hospitals, insurance and healthcare providers and “how any taxpayer money contributes to the profits…

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Health care expansion or not, Safety Net Hospitals fared well in 2014

Published on March 5, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Ryan Ray

Despite difficult economic times over the last few years and an obstinate stance against Medicaid expansion among the Florida House majority, you might expect safety-net hospitals to struggle to turn a profit. Not so, according to Phil Galewitz in Kaiser Health News: So-called safety-net hospitals, many of which are supported by local or county taxpayers, often struggle financially because they see a high proportion of patients that are either uninsured or enrolled in Medicaid, the state-federal program that pays less money…

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