Florida Senate panel rejects Medicaid expansion | Modern Healthcare

Good for the Florida Legislature!

A Florida Senate committee has essentially killed Gov. Rick Scott’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 1 million of Florida’s poorest residents.

Instead, the committee proposed Monday that the state adopt a managed care system that requires patients have a copayment.

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A House panel last week also rejected expanding Medicaid.

via Florida Senate panel rejects Medicaid expansion | Modern Healthcare.