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First look — Americans for Prosperity goes in on Senate FHIX plan in new mailers

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Conservative political group Americans for Prosperity-Florida told FloridaPolitics.com Thursday afternoon that it will target legislators supportive of a FHIX-style healthcare expansion plan with a new mail piece portraying the ongoing Senate-driven negotiations as a “game.” The mailers feature the number to Senate President Andy Gardiner‘s district office in Orlando and exhorts recipients to “Tell Andy Gardiner we’re done playing the Health Care game.” “We want real reforms, not more ObamaCare Medicaid expansion,” the piece proclaims. “While the Senate continues to negotiate with…

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Senate Prez Andy Gardiner releases special session schedule: health care first, budget second

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There’s more than a week to go before the start of the 2015 special session but planning details continue to emerge. In a memo sent to senators, Senate President Andy Gardiner outlined the timeline that he plans on following during the session showing that the chamber will focus on healthcare access the first day. He will “likely” plan budget conferences with the House the weekend of June 5-7. “So you should plan on staying in Tallahassee,” Gardiner told members of…

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Takeaways from Tallahassee, er, St. Augustine

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The picture to the right is of the dock in front of the beach house the Griswolds, err, the Schorsches are vacationing at this week. This was supposed to be a recuperative, post-session retreat, and while it has been an enjoyable time here in St. Augustine, it feels like just a break before the next wave crashes. Here are my Takeaways from Tallahassee, er, St. Augustine. — If I had to revise my list of Winners and Losers emerging from…

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Richard Corcoran: ‘No means no’ on Medicaid expansion

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State Rep. Richard Corcoran, the House budget chief who earlier this year urged House members to go to “war” over health care, made it clear on Monday: No means no when it comes to Medicaid expansion. Corcoran, who took to Twitter over the weekend to vent his frustration over the current healthcare impasse that has bogged down this year’s session, launched into a spirited defense against the idea of extending healthcare coverage to 800,000 Floridians. The Senate is pushing the…

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House offers Senate $600 million to walk away from Medicaid expansion

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The House rejected the Senate’s proposal to extend the session until June 30 and upped its offer to $600 million in contingency funding to pad the loss of supplemental Medicaid funding called Low Income Pool if the Senate would back away from its push to expand Medicaid to low-income working Floridians. The contingency funds would kick in after the state hears back from the federal government as to the amount of Low Income Pool funds Florida can expect, the House…

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Americans for Prosperity airing TV ads in Florida opposing Medicaid expansion

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AFP-FL, the Florida-based branch of the pro-industry advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, has taken to the Florida television airwaves to make its case against a plan in the Senate that would draw down federal Medicaid dollars to expand coverage throughout the state. “At some point, the Senate is going to have to recognize that Floridians do not want more federally run healthcare,” said AFP-FL state director Chris Hudson in a voiceover featured in prominently in the ad. “Their plan will force a massive regulatory…

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Biz group says focus should be Medicaid financing, not health access expansion

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The Legislature should focus its efforts on securing continued supplemental Medicaid funding for Florida hospitals but should not push ahead with a plan to provide health insurance access to uninsured Floridians, Florida Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson said in a memo Wednesday. The memo, directed to the Chamber’s board of directors and members Health Care Task members, said there are two realities in Tallahassee: The Senate’s current Medicaid “expansion” plan does not address important costs driver reforms…

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