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Rick Scott tells feds, ‘We need federal action right now’

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Gov. Rick Scott said on Wednesday that he is prepared to walk away from additional Medicaid dollars and prepare a base budget if the state doesn’t get approval from the federal government on the Low Income Pool soon. Scott addressed the media  after meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. Scott went to Washington to request the federal government to approve the state’s amendment to its existing 1115 waiver that allows the state to operate a mandatory Medicaid managed-care…

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Gov. Scott tells Legislature: Get a Medicaid block grant

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Gov. Rick Scott wants a Medicaid block grant. That was the governor’s message in a gaggle with reporters on Tuesday to discuss his meeting with Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, on Wednesday. The governor said he hopes the federal government will reconsider its decision on Low Income Pool funding so the state can prepare a budget for the upcoming year. Scott said the government should continue the program because it helps low-income people. When…

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Gov. Scott headed to D.C. to negotiate for Florida hospital funds

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Gov. Rick Scott is heading to Washington to try to convince the Obama administration to release federal funds for hospitals that treat low-income and Medicaid patients. The Republican governor wants an extension on the more than $1 billion funds that expire next month. But the federal government wants states to expand Medicaid, arguing it’s more efficient to give people money to help buy health insurance than to pay hospitals for caring for the uninsured retroactively. Scott said he’ll meet with…

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On-again, off-again LIP talks with federal government on again, says Liz Dudek

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Despite a looming lawsuit — and the meltdown of this year’s legislative session–Florida’s top healthcare official said that the state is talking again with its federal counterparts. Liz Dudek, the secretary for the Agency for Health Care Administration, told reporters on Tuesday that her agency had a “brief conversation” this week with federal officials. Dudek said the purpose of the call was to let the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services know that the state has held three public hearings…

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Rick Scott sues feds over Obamacare, Low Income Pool dollars

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Gov. Rick Scott filed a lawsuit in federal court in Pensacola on Tuesday seeking declaratory relief that the Obama Administration violated the U.S. Constitution by withholding supplemental Medicaid funding from the state in the form of Low Income Pool dollars. The lawsuit was filed shortly after the House of Representatives announced on Tuesday it was adjourning for the regular legislative session due to an impasse on Medicaid expansion and the Low Income Pool program. The Florida Senate has proposed in…

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Obama administration: 16.4 million have gained health insurance

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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell says 16.4 million people have gained insurance coverage as a result of President Barack Obama‘s health care law. Burwell announced the latest estimates Monday as the administration prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the law’s signing on March 23. Most of those gaining coverage — 14.1 million people — got their insurance after the law’s big expansion began at the end of 2013. The program offers subsidized private coverage for people who…

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GOP claims paper shows fed aides’ preps for health law loss

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A leading House Republican claimed Thursday that he’s been told of a 100-page document showing the Obama administration is preparing contingency plans in case the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates federal subsidies that help millions of Americans afford health care coverage. Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Joseph Pitts provided no details about the paper and did not say whether he has actually seen it. At a hearing of a House health subcommittee that he chairs, Pitts said he had received information about it…

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