Florida Medicaid expansion suffers legislative setback

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Florida Medicaid expansion suffers legislative setback

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/florida-medicaid-expansion-suffers-legislative-setback-200116004--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2Ivmr.5r4yAW4hXCbBhcTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-04T200116Z_1_CBRE9231JM700_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Florida Governor Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton" align="left" title="Florida Governor Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton" border="0" /></a>TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to cover about 1 million more poor people suffered a setback on Monday when the proposal failed to make it out of a key state legislative committee hearing. On the eve of convening of the 2013 session, the House Select Committee on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rejected the expansion. A Senate counterpart committee postponed consideration of the issue, which is sure to be one of the biggest controversies of the session. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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