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What happens when it rains nearly every day for more than a month during the hot, summer months?Last July in Central Florida it meant an overflowing Lake…
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Under the federal health law states have the option to expand their Medicaid programs to include more low-income people. A million more Floridians are…
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Florida lawmakers continue to grapple with how best to serve the state’s uninsured population. The group is estimated to be nearly four million, and the…
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The Florida House has reinforced its decision not to accept any federal funding to extend health insurance coverage to people who would have otherwise…
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Reactions to a house plan expanding health insurance coverage to an additional 115,000 uninsured Floridians is getting the cold shoulder from Governor…
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Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford and Representative Richard Corcoran have crafted an alternative to the Federal Medicaid Expansion under the…
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A “Plan C” alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health law is now moving through the Senate. The proposal by Republican Senator Aaron Bean,…
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Florida lawmakers rejected an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act but are coming up with alternatives.Republicans…
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In a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid, a Senate committee Tuesday is expected to take up a proposal aimed at helping low-income Floridians get…
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Senator Joe Negron’s bill, SPB 7038, otherwise known as “Negron-Care” got a unanimous vote by the chamber’s appropriations committee. And Democrats, who…