TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich has asked federal officials to reject Florida's Medicaid overhaul.
The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a pair of bills that will turn the state-federal program over to private businesses or hospital groups.
Rich wrote in a letter Thursday that there is no way the companies can provide proper care for the poor and disabled and still make a profit.
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Florida will need a waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement the transition. It would build on an existing five-county experimental program in managed care.
Gov. Rick Scott and other GOP supporters say privatizing the $20 billion program will save money for state and federal taxpayers.
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