At the Capitol: Health Plan Impact
In a budget amendment, Republican leaders in the House dialed back raises for state workers so there would be money for a health plan unveiled on Thursday by Rep. Richard Corcoran, the Miami Herald...
View ArticleHouse Math Doesn't Add Up: Fasano
State Rep. Mike Fasano of Pasco County went through the math of the House's health plan and showed how any family poor enough to qualify for it would be unable to afford it.But then the House Select...
View ArticleIn Standoff Over Medicaid, Will Senate Blink?
State Sen. Joe Negron's Healthy Florida plan, which would use federal funds to cover low-income uninsured, has run into a wall:the Florida House. Rather than try to bulldoze the wall, Senate leaders...
View ArticleBye-bye to 'Teeny Weeny Bean Plan'?
The proposal that even its sponsor now calls the "Teeny Weeny Bean Plan" may be on its last legs.Sen. Aaron Bean's small-budget plan for some of Florida's low-income uninsured was approved in the...
View ArticleSpeaker Denies 'Arm-Twisting' on Health Plan
Two future Speakers of the House -- who will control some campaign contributions for other House members in upcoming elections -- had a dinner for freshmen Republicans on Tuesday night to talk about...
View ArticleHouse Says No to Fasano, Federal Funds
State Rep. Mike Fasano, a longtime Republican legislator from New Port Richey, pleaded with his GOP colleagues to vote for the Senate's "bipartisan plan" to cover 1.1 million low-income uninsured...
View ArticleIt's Official: House Turns Down $$
By a 71 to 45 vote, the Florida House of Representatives on Friday passed its own health plan, which relies on state money and bypasses more than $50 billion in federal funds. The vote, as expected,...
View ArticleBean: Medicaid Debate Not Over
State Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Jacksonville, says the debate over how exactly to implement the Affordable Care Act in Florida is far from over. "There's going to be much more discussion as to what we should...
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