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Gov. Rick Scott signs legislation allowing new nursing home beds in The Villages
The Villages could potentially add 240 nursing beds under a new law that grants larger retirement communities a chance to build them outside of the state's current moratorium. Florida has had a cap on new nursing-home beds that can be built, but the new...Tags: Career and Workplace, Executive Branch, Nursing, Alan Hays, Government
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Medicaid managed care move gets final approval
TALLAHASSEE — The federal government gave final approval Friday to Florida's long-debated proposal to overhaul the Medicaid system by requiring beneficiaries statewide to enroll in HMOs and other types of managed-care plans. The decision was not...Tags: Career and Workplace, Coventry Health Care Inc., Medicaid, Collective Contract, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Scott's ticket to re-election may be Hispanic voters he can't seem to reach
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott looks evasive these days on a lot of issues, but immigration is one where substance and consistency would serve him better than pivoting and stagecraft. With the Republicans right wing tearing itself apart over the...
Tags: Elections, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Executive Branch, Polls, Marco Rubio
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Gov signs bill that union says provides a "partial fix" to controversial teacher evaluations
Gov. Rick Scott today signed a bill (SB 1664) that aims to stop teachers from being evaluated on students or subjects they didn't teach. The Florida Education Association called the measure a "partial fix" to the sweeping teacher merit pay law the...Tags: Judges, Science and Technology, Florida Legislature, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Privacy breach undermines pill-mill database
Florida's pill mill database has sprung an embarrassing leak, a data breach of confidential information that threatens to undermine the public's already shaken confidence in a law enforcement tool that tracks prescriptions for painkillers and other...
Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Pam Bondi, Prescription Drugs, Lawyers
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Heritage to make 'financial enhancements' to maintain A rating
Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Co., a partner with Citizens Property Insurance Corp. in a controversial new takeout deal, was asked by an industry ratings firm Friday to make some "financial enhancements" in order to maintain its A-Exceptional...Tags: Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Executive Branch, Florida Legislature, Politics, Regional Authority
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Can Florida Democrats make real gains in 2014?
It's going to be tough. There's no way the party can win enough seats in the Florida Legislature to shift the balance of power in either of the two chambers. Redistricting settled that issue sometime back. Grabbing one of the Florida Cabinet...
Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Nan H Rich, Executive Branch, Pam Bondi
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Scott's sick-leave bill signing brings out the fans and critics
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE - Florida Gov. Rick Scott didn't waste much time in signing a bill Friday that would block local governments from enacting mandatory paid sick time measures, such as the one pending in Orange County. The Republican governor sided with Walt...Tags: Career and Workplace, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Orlando, Government
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Wasserman Schultz decries Medicaid coverage gap
A million Floridians will be left without health care coverage because of Florida’s decision to put its Medicaid patients on managed-care plans run by private insurance companies, South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz warned on...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Executive Branch, Weston (Broward, Florida), Government Health Care, Florida Legislature
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The Nan Rich speech Democrats won't hear at JJ gala
Central Florida Political PulseNan Rich is ready to speak at the Florida Democratic Party's big Jefferson-Jackson Dinner fundraiser Saturday night in Hollywood, even though the party has told her, no thanks. She has her ticket. She has her speech all written. The problem is, the...Tags: Feminism, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Charlie Crist, Alex Sink, Academy Awards
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Republican kicks off gubernatorial campaign
Central Florida Political PulseElizabeth Cuevas Neunder thinks Republican Gov. Rick Scott needs a challenge in the Republican primary for governor next year. Whether or not the founder of the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of Florida will mount one, she is kicking off her...Tags: Elections, Executive Branch, Charlie Crist, Alex Sink, Politics
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On sick-time, Rick Scott deals with issues of consistency, hypocrisy
Takiing NamesIf you spend any amount of time in Tallahassee, you’ll hear constant railing about top-down government. Legislators complain about everything from Obamacare to unfunded mandates. They argue that one government should stay out of another one&...Tags: Business, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Sales, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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