Dear Fellow Floridians, I want to share with you an op-ed I submitted to the Miami Herald this week on an issue that’s very important to me: De-Coding Florida’s Finances As Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, I see a lot of data and numbers that have a big impact on our state’s finances and its…
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott picked a good time to be far from the Capitol Tuesday as House members slashed his tax cuts and angry senators accused his top Medicaid expert of playing politics with health care. On the second day of a three-week special legislative session, Scott was at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort near…
Tallahassee, FL–The Florida Senate Committee on Appropriations, chaired by Senator Tom Lee (R-Brandon), today passed Senate Bill 2-A, Health Insurance Affordability Exchange, creating the Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange Program (FHIX), which offers premium assistance to help low income working Floridians purchase private health care coverage. The committee adopted an amendment by Senate Republican Leader…
On June 2 Governor Scott signed HB 715 Eligibility for Coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation by Rep. Raschein. This bill removes the prohibition of certain improvements to major structures from being eligible for Citizens Property Insurance coverage. The bill also revises provisions regarding coverage for major structures that have undergone specified changes after a date…
Today, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) sent a letter to Appropriations Committee Chairs Lee, Corcoran, Garcia and Hudson concerning the Agency’s proposal for the Low-Income Pool program and hospital reimbursement methodologies. For entire letter: .pdf| Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Health insurers in Florida want rate increases up to 63 percent in 2016, according to federal information posted Monday. The state’s outliers top an eye-popping 51 percent increase for New Mexico insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield, one of the highest requests known nationally before this week. In Florida, Time Insurance Co. leads the way with…