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• FL Health News: Rick Scott (intentionally?) touting false Medicaid-Obamacare numbers

  Florida Health News:

  Gov. Rick Scott keeps repeating Medicaid-expansion cost estimates that he knows are wrong, according to a series of e-mails among state officials obtained by Health News Florida.

  Gov. Rick Scott says he opposes expanding Florida Medicaid because it would cost too much: $63 billion over 10 years, he says, [...]

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• Miami lawmakers file dueling elections bills as advisory group proposes local fixes

  In response to the long lines that plagued South Florida polls, two Miami lawmakers have filed legislation to reinstate early voting the Sunday before Election Day.

  The proposals by Republican Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla and Democratic Sen. Gwen Margolis follow a recommendation from a Miami-Dade advisory group examining what [...]

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• Movers & Shakers: Changes at AIF, DEO

  Big changes at DEO

  As Jessie Panuccio takes over as head of Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity this week, DEO will see some other interesting changes. 

  On Jan. 8, Chad Poppell will begin as the chief of staff and Monica Russell will begin as chief communications officer, according to a news release.

  Poppell most recently was director of employee [...]

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• Florida proposes new Medicaid reimbursement system for hospitals

  Making good on promises made during the 2012 legislative session, the Agency for Health Care Administration has come up with a new plan for reimbursing hospitals that treat patients on Medicaid. The new "diagnosis-related group" model would categorize Medicaid patients based on the type and severity of their illness and [...]

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• Rick Scott is BCS-bound. And Charlie Crist?

  Notre Dame or Alabama?
  
  Gov. Rick Scott is going to tonight's BCS Championship game in Miami but isn't choosing a side.
  
  "I like the fact that it's in Florida," he said earlier today in Washington. "My wife was born in Mobile," Alabama, he went on. "But when I [...]

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• Scott's second year: Shifting course and still learning the ropes

  Rick Scott casts himself as a problem solver, but after two years as governor of Florida, his biggest challenge remains unsolved: Himself.

  Midway through a four-year term, a time when governors traditionally take stock of their highs and lows, Scott remains a polarizing figure, a leader who’s still awkwardly learning the [...]

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• Video: Gov. Scott, citing cost, remains skeptical of federal health care changes

  WASHINGTON - Gov. Rick Scott spoke with reporters after his meeting today with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. He said he remains concerned about the cost of an expansion of Medicaid. "She understands what our concerns are. We're hopefully going to have some productive conversation," he said.

  Below, HHS take [...]

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• Flores files bill to cap rates on Citizens Property Insurance

  Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, has filed a bill to put a limit on the rate-hiking power of Citizens Insurance’s Board of Governors.

  Flores expressed outrage last year when the board said it would consider removing the traditional 10-percent cap on rate increases for new policies. (State law requires Citizens to limit rate hikes to no [...]

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• Marco Rubio concerned with Chuck Hagel's "outdated, unrealistic, irrelevant policy' on Cuba

  President Obama today will nominate former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., for defense secretary, starting what could be a difficult confirmation process on both sides of aisle. Hagel has already been attacked with TV ads over perceived weak support toward Israel and has had to apologize for anti-gay remarks.
  
  Florida [...]

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• Rubio concerned Hagel called U.S. policy on Cuba "outdated, unrealistic, irrelevant."

  President Obama today will nominate former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., for defense secretary, starting what could be a difficult confirmation process on both sides of aisle. Hagel has already been attacked with TV ads over perceived weak support toward Israel and has had to apologize for anti-gay remarks.
  
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