Medicare and Medicaid

Massive Medicaid Cuts Will Impact All Floridians, Safety Net Hospital Leaders Warn

Published in Nursing Home and Elder Business Week, April 27th, 2008

The Florida Legislature's plans to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicaid programs for the elderly, disabled and poor will put lives at risk and will negatively impact all Floridians, the leaders of Florida's safety net hospitals warned today.

Besides jeopardizing the health of Florida's most vulnerable citizens, the proposed cuts in state Medicaid spending will also wastefully forfeit as much as $280 million in federal matching funds and will lead to higher health care costs for all Floridians, the hospital leaders said.

As part of their effort to address the state's economic downturn, state legislators want to slash as much as $1.2...

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Source: Nursing Home and Elder Business Week (2008-04-27)

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