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Rick Scott’s attorneys file injunction in hopes of making feds continue $2.2 billion in LIP beyond summer

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One day after leaving Washington, D.C., without any promises that the federal government would extend Medicaid supplemental dollars to the state for another year, Gov. Rick Scott‘s attorneys filed an injunction in his lawsuit against the Obama administration. On the surface the injunction is asking the court to issue a preliminary injunction or to support a writ of mandamus requiring the federal government to revoke what Scott’s attorneys call an “unconstitutional ultimatum,” or requiring Florida to expand Medicaid to ensure…

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States watching Medicaid standoff between Florida, Obama

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The Obama administration rebuffed Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to extend federal funds for hospitals that treat the uninsured, increasing the pressure on states that have refused to expand coverage for low-income people under the president’s health care law. The decision means Florida’s already acrimonious state budget process will likely become tenser. The standoff also has implications for eight other states, including Texas, which draw billions of dollars from the same pool of hospital funds. And like Florida, several are…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.7.15 — On economic issues, is Mike Huckabee more in synch with GOP voters?

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As has been mentioned by reporters like myself for months now, Republicans thinking about being president have picked up on the whole income inequality mantle that Democrats like Elizabeth Warren have championed for years now. By that, I mean they use the words “economic inequality.” Beyond that, it’s not exactly clear what they are offering in the way of substantive programs to overcome that. (Marco Rubio has been a bit more specific on that front,) Enter Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor’s…

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No agreement between Florida governor, feds on Medicaid

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The Obama administration snubbed Florida’s proposal to extend federal funds for hospitals that treat low-income and uninsured patients, a dispute that has paralyzed the state budget. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell gave Gov. Rick Scott the news when she met with him in Washington on Wednesday. The Republican governor wants the administration to extend $1 billion in low-income pool funds for hospitals, but the federal government wants Florida to expand Medicaid, arguing its more efficient to give people…

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Steve Crisafulli: ‘Today is a very good day’

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House Speaker Steve Crisafulli called it a “very good day” after the House and Senate were able to agree on the first step in the budget special session: the dates. “While significant discussions lay before us, today marks a very good day for Florida as we have reached agreement on dates for a budget Special Session,” Crisafulli said in a press release. “We look forward to working with our partners in the Senate as we make continued progress in the…

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Kathy Castor says Rick Scott is ‘fighting for a wasteful, inefficient outdated pot of dollars’

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Rick Scott’s trip to Washington today to meet with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the $2.2 billion Low Income Pool (LIP) program that is set to expire at the end of next month did not come to a happy resolution. As has been documented in the media, healthcare officials in Florida have been aware for several years that the LIP funding was set to expire in 2014, but after state officials begged for an extension from the feds, HHS gave…

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Sylvia Burwell tells Rick Scott his LIP is too big

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Florida’s request for $2 billion in supplemental Medicaid funding is too high, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell told Rick Scott at a meeting, according to a release issued by the federal government. The release also says that a preliminary view of the proposed amendment “falls short” of the principles the government has concerns with. The release, dubbed a “readout,” also points out that Burwell told Scott  that whether a state receives federal funding for an uncompensated…

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