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Andy Gardiner says Senate will meet with House, Gov ‘anytime’ to ‘discuss a way forward’

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Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner stands committed to expanding Medicaid access even though leaders in the Florida House — and now Gov. Rick Scott — don’t support the efforts. Gardiner issued a statement Monday saying that the Florida Senate will continue to move ahead with its proposal called the Florida Health Insurance Exchange Program –or FHIX–because it’s a conservative, Florida-based free market solution to providing access to health care for 800,000 Floridians who are eligible for a Medicaid expansion under the…

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Gov. Rick Scott mum on the hot issue of the 2015 session: Medicaid expansion

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As Medicaid expansion and healthcare access threatens to blow the 2015 legislative session sky high Florida Gov. Rick Scott has remained quiet on where he stands. And there are no signs so far that will change even though the ongoing stalemate over the budget could derail some of Scott’s top priorities for this year’s session. Scott’s press office did not comment on whether Scott supported a Medicaid expansion under the federal healthcare law or a modified Medicaid expansion as proposed…

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Tom Lee defends budget, says health care is a priority

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It didn’t take long for House Appropriation Chairman Richard Corcoran‘s speech to be heard down the halls in the Florida Senate. As the chamber finished its work on Wednesday and recess for the Easter holiday Senate President Andy Gardiner told senators that the chamber wasn’t going to “rant and rave” but would focus its efforts instead on finding a way to plug a potential $2.2 billion shortfall in the budget if the Low Income Pool were to be eliminated and…

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Senate Prez Andy Gardiner says it’s time to find ‘common ground’ on health care

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Senate President Andy Gardiner issued a plea to the House late Wednesday night after hearing news that the federal government has stopped negotiating with the state over the future of a $2 billion program called Low Income Pool. “The time has come to find common ground and present a unified solution that is best for Floridians,” Gardiner said in a release. “We hope others will join us at the table to discuss a way forward.” But it appears he may be sitting at…

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Bill Nelson says Florida shouldn’t be playing chicken with health care for the poor

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Amid a deteriorating budget stalemate that is splitting Republican legislators, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson stepped into the fray with a message that the loss of more than $2 billion in Medicaid dollars for hospitals is a real threat. “The day of reckoning is here,” said Nelson, who made a quick visit to the state Capitol Wednesday. Nelson’s blunt message–which he delivered to both House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner–wasn’t reflected by House Republicans in their debate about…

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Bipartisan biz coalition says now is time to pass healthcare plan

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Bipartisan business group A Healthy Florida Works continues to press legislative leaders to move ahead with a plan to provide healthcare access to uninsured Floridians. Marpan Supply and Recycling President and Chief Executive Officer Kim Williams said at a Tallahassee press conference on Wednesday that the the Florida Senate is moving ahead with a health plan that would hold down the premium for all those who are currently insured by eliminating cost shifting as well as providing care to 800,000 uninsured…

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Liz Dudek gets greenlight from Senate committee to continue as AHCA secretary

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She fielded questions from the Low Income Pool to statewide Medicaid Managed Care but it was clear from the get-go that members of the Senate Health Policy Committee held Elizabeth “Liz” Dudek in high regard and her confirmation to lead the state Agency for Health Care Administration would be approved. Gov. Rick Scott reappointed Dudek on Jan. 29, 2015. She is a rarity in Tallahassee: She was an agency secretary under Gov. Charlie Crist as well as Gov. Scott. While she had…

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