Florida Governor To Sue Administration Over Expired LIP Funding

Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott will sue the Obama administration for pulling Low Income Pool funds as a way to coerce the state legislature into expanding Medicaid, the Republican announced Thursday (April 16). The governor's decision to take legal action follows a breakdown in negotiations with CMS over the expiring program, which receives at least $1.3 billion from the federal government each year to help hospitals cover the cost of care for the state's uninsured and underinsured. State legislators still...