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Feds temporarily cut off LIP talks with state, Dudek says

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The federal government has temporarily cut off Low Income Pool negotiations with Florida,  making it difficult for the Legislature to complete its budget and bring the regular legislative session to an end on time. Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Liz Dudek sent a statement to the press late Wednesday night announcing that the chief negotiator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Eliot Fishman, will not be available for at least two weeks. “This was sudden and disappointing…

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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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Today on Context Florida: Ted Cruz, guns on campus, college fit and the Competitive Workforce Act

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Today on Context Florida: After vowing to not only overturn Obamacare, but to repeal “every word” of it, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is signing up his family for healthcare using the dreaded, socialist, competition-stifling, Affordable Care Act. However, Peter Schorsch explains why Cruz is not the real hypocrite in this case. Bob Sparks says that logic, passion and courage are what describes guns-on-campus debate. Although there are plausible arguments from both sides, the recent campus shooting at Florida State provided some…

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House minority leader says there’s a chance for Medicaid expansion this year

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There may be hope this year for Medicaid expansion in the Florida House of Representatives. House Minority Leader Mark Pafford said at a press conference on Thursday that he believes House Speaker Steve Crisafulli may agree to a healthcare plan that would tap into federal Medicaid dollars to craft a plan for Florida. Why? “He is a never type of never type of guy,” said Pafford. “I think we all need to be optimists. I think there is a way…

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Ted Cruz is NOT the real hypocrite over Obamacare

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Ted Cruz is NOT the real hypocrite. While declaring himself a candidate for U.S. president at the self-proclaimed “largest Christian University in the world,” Ted Cruz said he would not just overturn Obamacare, but would repeal “every word” of it. Every. Last. Word. And then a few hours later – seriously, less than a day – we learned that U.S. Sen. Cruz is signing up his family for healthcare using the dreaded, socialist, competition-stifling, Affordable Care Act. The need comes,…

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House and Senate budgets fund additonal residency slots for docs but target far less than what Scott wants

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While they are far apart on Medicaid funding, both the House and Senate budgets have money enough to fund more residency slots to train physicians to help abate a looming shortfall in specialties such as psychiatry, general surgery, thoracic surgery and rheumatology. The House budget appropriates nearly $3.8 million in total funds for graduate medical education. The Senate budget is nearly $1.27 million in total funds for training. Additionally, the Senate budget establishes a new graduate medical education or GME…

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