Florida Session Opens With Medicaid Expansion in Doubt

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."

House Speaker Will Weatherford used the opening day of the annual legislative session to denounce the idea of expanding the safety-net health insurance program. Within hours, Senate President Don Gaetz responded by suggesting that the Senate was unlikely to move forward in the face of such strong opposition. "It sounds to me as if the House shut the lights out," Gaetz said.

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Source: ModernHealthcare.com