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Federal health officials have given final approval to a plan to overhaul Florida's safety net health insurance program. Gov. Rick Scott announced the decision on Friday, saying it would allow the state's Medicaid program to "to provide Medicaid users with quality, value-based and patient-centered...
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The Florida Medical Association and Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott are describing two medical malpractice bills Scott signed this week as big victories for physicians and for business.
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It's Republican vs. Republican in the latest round of political battles over healthcare. Conservative Republican legislators in major states are trying to block efforts by more pragmatic governors of their own party to accept health insurance for more low-income residents under President Barack...
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The 300 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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Hospitals in states that elect not to expand their Medicaid programs could find their bottom lines squeezed in coming years as they're hit with higher charity-care costs and fewer insured patients.
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A Florida Senate committee has essentially killed Gov. Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 1 million of Florida's poorest residents.
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A bid to cover roughly 1 million Floridians by expanding the state Medicaid program is in doubt after one of the state's top legislative leaders called it a social experiment "destined for failure."
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“It is not a white flag of surrender,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott said.This was technically true: He did not wave a banner ... when he announced … that he wants Florida to expand Medicaid, a key piece of Obamacare.
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who swiftly rejected Medicaid expansion under health reform after last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision allowed states to do so, called for the state to expand the safety net program for three years, or as long as federal tax dollars cover all the costs.
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had long opposed Medicaid expansion under health reform, has called for the state to expand the program for three years, or as long as federal dollars cover the costs.
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