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Rick Scott says he’s suing feds for “coercing” state into Medicaid expansion

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott said on Thursday he will sue federal government for “coercing” the state into expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law by withholding supplemental Medicaid funding known as Low Income Pool. ย โ€œIt is appalling that President Obama would cut off federal healthcare dollars to Florida in an effort to force our state further into Obamacare,” Scott said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. At press time no lawsuit had been filed. The decision to sue…

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