Reuters: Politics: Florida Medicaid expansion rejected by key legislative committee

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Florida Medicaid expansion rejected by key legislative committee Mar 11th 2013, 20:36 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Florida Medicaid expansion suffers legislative setback Mon, Mar 4 2013 Florida governor backs limited Medicaid expansion Wed, Feb 20 2013 U.S. issues final word on essential benefits under "Obamacare" Wed, Feb 20 2013 Analysis & Opinion Obama sees the limits of government Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks during an interview in New York March 26, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid TALLAHASSEE, Florida | Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:52pm EDT TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to cover about 1 million more poor people suffered a potential death blow on Monday when the proposal failed to make it out of a key state legislative committee. The Senate Select Committee on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rejected the expansion, just as a House legislative committee had done last week. Unless political leaders agree to present a new compromise bill, the legislative rejection of Scott's expansion of the state-federal program would now be final. (Reporting by Bill Cotterell) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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