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Democrats blast Steve Crisafulli’s decision to end Florida House session 3 days early

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Although the budget impasse between the Legislature that led Speaker Steve Crisafulli to dismiss the House this afternoon illustrates the enmity between Republicans in the House & Senate, Democrats who have been advocating for the state to expand Medicaid coverage are happy to bash Crisafulli. “Today, the House leadership and the majority party failed Floridians,” said New Port Richey Democratic state Rep. Amanda Murphy. “As elected officials, we have one constitutionally required obligation: to pass a balanced budget. Leadership today unilaterally…

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Healthcare train doesn’t make it out of station before House calls it quits

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Heath care was the divisive issue of the 2015 regular legislative session with healthcare financing and Medicaid expansion proving to be issues too large to bridge differences. When the House of Representatives abruptly called it quits on Tuesday, several healthcare issues outside of Medicaid went down in a fiery crash. Longtime healthcare lobbyist Christopher Nuland said when House Speaker Steve Crisafulli addressed the chamber and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Corcoran announced Sine Die, he was “dumbfounded. Every lobbyist had the same mouth-open expression,” Nuland said.…

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Everglades Trust delivers petitions urging governor to buy U.S. Sugar land

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A small clutch of activists gathered on a foggy Tuesday morning to deliver petitions to Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders. Executive Director of Audubon Florida Eric Draper was handed a bottle of water infused with a blue-green algae bloom beforehand, FedExed straight from central Florida the afternoon before. The green, murky water came from Lake Okeechobee and is the product of too much agricultural runoff polluting the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon, Draper told assembled reporters on behalf of the…

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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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Georgetown healthcare professor fact checks Florida House’s position on Medicaid

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In a series of tweets on Sunday, Florida House Budget Chairman Richard Corcoran laid bare what’s been a fact all legislative session in Tallahassee –that he and his GOP House colleagues are not going to buckle under and accept the Florida Senate’s plan to propose a version of Medicaid expansion. Such a plan could allow up to 800,000  Floridians with an income of up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level to get on a private insurance plan by accepting the federal government’s offer…

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Did Rick Scott join the Richard Corcoran Army?

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Has Rick Scott been drafted to fight in the “war” Richard Corcoran has declared on the healthcare industry? The governor said in a press release on Tuesday that if the Legislature cannot adjourn on time with a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year he will create a “Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding.” The commission, Scott said in the release, will examine the revenues of Florida hospitals, insurance and healthcare providers and “how any taxpayer money contributes to the profits…

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HART still hoping for funding from Tallahassee

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Before the 2015 legislative session commenced last month, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) Board Chairman Mike Suarez wrote to Pasco County area legislator Richard Corcoran, the chairman of the Tampa Bay area legislative delegation, with a list of priorities that the transit agency hoped the state could provide funding for this year. But with just two weeks to go before the session is scheduled to end, HART executive director Katharine Eagan said today that their only hope to see any movement…

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