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Florida lawmakers met this past weekend to begin ironing out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
Senate Healthcare Appropriations Chair Aaron Bean says as of Saturday evening, the two chambers still stood apart on a number of healthcare budget issues.
“Nursing homes, there’s major reductions in nursing homes that we don’t take, they do. There’s major reductions in hospitals. We only cut them a little bit they have major and then the postpartum, where they have coverage for 12 months after they have their baby. We made an offer to get to six months.”
Florida Legislature is down to deal-making days of session
Republican leaders are employing the politics of leverage, trading one leadership priority for another to get their pet projects across the finish line.
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The Capitol in Tallahassee is seen following Opening Day of the Florida Legislature on March 3. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
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TALLAHASSEE For more than eight hours on April 9, the Senate Appropriations Committee met to discuss a single piece of legislation and was prepared to extend the meeting into the next day, a Saturday, if needed.
It was the Senateâs turn to take up House Bill 1, the most controversial bill of the 2021 legislative session and a top priority of both Gov. Ron DeSantis and House Speaker Chris Sprowls.
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Women who get Medicaid coverage during their pregnancy in Florida lose it two months after delivery if they don’t otherwise qualify for Medicaid. Ocoee Democrat Rep. Kamia Brown has sought to change that since taking office in 2016, and this year she’s gained a powerful ally: House Speaker Chris Sprowls.
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