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Rick Scott pushes for mediation in Medicaid lawsuit with feds as Legislature drafts its budget

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As lawmakers work on a 2015-16 spending plan with a $1 billion Low Income Pool for healthcare spending, Gov. Rick Scott continues to push for more money and is looking to the courts to help him get it. On Monday, attorneys for the governor filed a five-page motion with the federal court in Pensacola that, if granted, would require the state and federal governments to go to mediation. Scott’s lawyers argue that the mediation is allowable under “home rule.” “Under…

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Chambers agree to $400 million in general revenue to hospitals, zero for doctor training (for now)

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Budget conferees have agreed to target $400 million in recurring general revenue to hospitals — and, as of Saturday morning, to not fund graduate medical education. Eliminating the funding is a “work in progress” Sen. Rene Garcia said. And Rep. Matt Hudson quickly agreed. “It’s certainly not off the table and both chambers recognize the importance of GME. I think it’s also important to both chambers we address some of the physician shortfall across the state.” The agreement on LIP has…

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Finally… chambers set for Saturday conference on budget starting at 9 am

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The Florida Senate was in for less than five minutes on Friday before adjourning. Senate President Andy Gardiner announced that the House and Senate had agreed to budget allocations and that the two chambers would beging hammering out the differences in the proposed spending plans for the 2015-16 fiscal year beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday. Those were the only details that Gardiner, or his usually chatty budget chair state Sen. Tom Lee, divulged early Friday. In other words, they didn’t…

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Federal judge schedules hearing on Rick Scott’s Low Income Pool lawsuit

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A federal court in Pensacola has scheduled a hearing on Gov. Rick Scott‘s lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services and preliminary injunction to require the federal government to keep Low Income Pool funding at more than $2 billion. The hearing in Scott v. Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled for June 19, one day before the scheduled end of the 2015A special session on health care and the budget. Chief Judge Casey M Rodgers issued…

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House poised to vote down Senate’s Medicaid expansion bill

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House Republicans appeared ready to reject the Senate’s plan on Medicaid, arguing Thursday that it is essentially an expansion that relies on money from the president’s health care overhaul. During a tense two-and-a-half hours of questions, House Republicans agreed the Senate plan was still a government entitlement program for “able-bodied adults” that would increase the federal deficit. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli said it was a “safe assumption” that the bill would be defeated on Friday. “It’s the same program rules,…

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Senate’s FHIX 2.0 proposal advances in the House — for now

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After an hours-long procession of skeptical questions from House Republicans, state Rep. Mia Jones led the Senate’s so-called “FHIX 2.0” bill — SB 2A, a bill to expand health coverage to Florida’s more than 800,000 uninsured via private plans largely funded by the federal government — to a procedural milestone, as the bill was rolled over for a 3rd reading, in legis-speak. “Today’s debate made it clear that there are still a lot of questions among members — some legitimate, some…

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Medicaid expansion would trim $790 million in uncompensated care in Florida, White House report says

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As the House prepares to debate — and most likely vote down — the Senate’s plan to expand access to health care, the White House Council of Economic Advisors released an analysis that shows expansion would reduce the state’s uncompensated care costs by $790 million in 2016. The report also shows that expanding coverage would result in an estimated 100,000 additional Floridians reporting being in good health and 69,000 fewer residents would suffer depression. The findings in the report — dubbed Missed Opportunities: The Consequences…

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Insurers prepare for Irma aftermath

Insurance companies are prepared to meet Floridians’ needs after Hurricane Irma, state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and Insurance Commissioner

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