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Health Experts on Medicaid Rejection: ‘Bad for Business’
posted under: Business, Medicaid
The Florida Legislature’s decision against expanding Medicaid will saddle the state’s employers with higher health care costs and was “bad for business,” health care experts told business leaders on Tuesday. Florida corporations have been “too quiet” about Medicaid expansion and other health care issues, and should make elected officials aware…
May
Price of Inaction
posted under: Business, Medicaid
From the Tampa Bay Times: Republican lawmakers say they are champions for Florida’s businesses. But their failure to expand health insurance coverage to 1 million or more Floridians will put many employers in a financial lurch. Without a deal on health care, business owners across the state face the predicament of either…
Senate Offers Compromise on Health Care Extension
posted under: Medicaid
By Carol Gentry Sen. Joe Negron, author of a plan to cover more than 1 million Floridians with private health insurance, offered an amendment on Wednesday intended as an olive branch to the Florida House. It would still use federal funds that have been made available to Florida, but it…