Florida House Abruptly Adjourns, Senate Pushes On
• Without an agreement on the state budget in sight, the Florida House adjourned Tuesday afternoon three days early.
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• Without an agreement on the state budget in sight, the Florida House adjourned Tuesday afternoon three days early.
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• Florida House leaders are being criticized for a closed-door meeting of Republican lawmakers to talk about healthcare issues.
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• Governor Rick Scott says he’s suing the federal government over a move that links a critical hospital funding program to a Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The Governor says that amounts to coercion.
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• The Florida House and Senate have each passed a budget but there’s a big gap between the two budgets. A $4 billion gap.
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• The legislative session is underway and a familiar issue is back on the table – medicaid expansion. Dick and Lou recap the first week of the state’s legislative session.
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• Health care advocates in Florida are hoping lawmakers will close the so-called ‘coverage gap’ this year. Activists took part in a statewide day of action Thursday to highlight the fact that about a million Floridians do not have health insurance.
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• With the election behind them, the next crop of Florida legislators met for the first time Nov. 18 in Tallahassee. Health care advocates also rallied in Orlando to push state officials to expand Medicaid.
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