EDITORIAL: Florida’s Failure to Expand Medicaid Hurting Disabled Children

EDITORIAL: Florida’s Failure to Expand Medicaid Hurting Disabled Children

Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford has recently been touting his budget increases in 2014-2015 that will improve access to services for disabled citizens. He has also recently emphasized a “3% increase per student” in education funding. What he has failed to mention is that nowhere in the 2014-2015 priorities list is the expansion of Medicaid. […]

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OPINION: Marc Yacht: Voters should oust the politicians who refuse to expand Medicaid

OPINION: Marc Yacht: Voters should oust the politicians who refuse to expand Medicaid

Because Florida Republican officials are refusing federal Medicaid dollars, about 1.3 million low-income Florida residents will not get health-care coverage. Obamacare pays the full cost of expanding Medicaid for the first three years.  After that, the federal government pays 90 percent of the cost. A family of four could qualify for Medicaid earning up to […]

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