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State Medicaid chief wants to have tentative agreement with feds by mid April

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Florida’s top Medicaid official said on Tuesday he wants to have a tentative agreement with the federal government on how much Florida can expect to receive in supplemental Medicaid dollars by early to mid April. Deputy Secretary for Medicaid Justin Senior told Florida Politics that the plan is to have a letter of agreement outlining broad principles — such as the amount of supplemental funding and how long the funding will be in effect for — so the House and Senate can…

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No supplemental Medicaid funds in House healthcare budget

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The House released a healthcare budget on Tuesday that has no supplemental Medicaid dollars to help pay hospitals, federally qualified health centers, graduate medical education and even prepaid health plans. House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman state Rep. Matt Hudson said it would be “premature” for the House to include supplemental, or  Low Income Pool, dollars in the budget given the fact the federal government has not approved the continuation of the program beyond June 30, 2015. Hudson said as…

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Legislature struggles to build budget without clear direction on LIP funding

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Florida’s GOP legislative leaders remain at odds over how to solve the state’s $2 billion problem with its program to help out hospitals. But as the House and Senate prepare to roll out competing versions of a new state budget  there’s no clear signs of how the two chambers plan to deal with the potential loss of federal aid that helps fund the low-income pool program. The House is taking the first steps. On Tuesday a budget committee will take…

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The day that was in Florida politics — March 10

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No movement Tuesday in clearing up confusion over next year’s state budget. While state economists counted up how much money Florida will have to spend for the year beginning July 1, the stances of the players involved seemed to harden.  The Revenue Estimating Conference met but by sunset had yet to release the report lawmakers will use to build next year’s spending plan. Projections through December had a billion dollars more in the general revenue fund than there was last…

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Singin’ the small government blues

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Florida lawmakers’ balancing act in writing a state budget includes factoring in promises of a tax cut, increases in education and conservation measures and bridging a nearly $2 billion gap created by the scheduled end of a Low Income Pool program for hospitals. They will get fresh numbers Tuesday to begin work on a spending plan for the fiscal year beginning in July. Republicans who control the state Capitol have campaigned on, governed by and promised more of the economic-freedom…

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Senate Prez Andy Gardiner sends memo to members: ‘We have the obligation to make coverage affordable …’

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Senate President Andy Gardiner, who kicked off the session by saying the state needed to have a “discussion” about Medicaid expansion, explained in a memo to senators why he was pushing ahead with a bill that would extend coverage to 800,000 Floridians. The memo was accompanied with a detailed breakdown of the lengthy bill that will be considered next week by the Florida Senate. See story here. “Some say Florida should not expand the existing Medicaid program and I agree,”…

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Senate health care plan emerging as LIP negotiations heat up

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Work requirements, co-payments, and commercial insurance or managed care companies are likely to be featured in a health plan that will emerge from the Senate next week as the chamber begins to discuss a health care plan the state could use if a $2 billion Medicaid financing is cut off by the federal government. Senate Health Policy Committee Chairman Aaron Bean said he plans to make available at the committee’s meeting next week a draft plan with a conservative approach…

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