Leaving the Florida Capitol en route Tuesday to Washington and a meeting with Obama administration officials, Gov. Rick Scott gave a terse summary on the future of the Senate’s proposal to expand health coverage.
“It’s not going to happen,” Scott said. “There’s not support in the House. I’m not going to support it. It’s not a program that’s worked.”
Scott is slated to meet Wednesday with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, who he has sued for allegedly linking prospects for continued hospital funding with approval of the Senate’s form of privatized Medicaid expansion, the Florida Health Insurance Exchange (FHIX).
Scott is expected to urge federal officials to continue steering more than $1 billion to state hospitals and other health care providers under the low income pool (LIP). But the governor said he has no plans to support FHIX.
“What they ought to be doing is give us a block grant,” Scott said. “Say, these are our goals. We would tell them if we could reach those goals. And if we could, that’s what they ought to give us. That’s what you’d do in business.”
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