Patients in Florida's last Medicaid experiment issue a warning about the next one | The Florida Current

Patients in Florida's last Medicaid experiment issue a warning about the next one The Florida Current


If the federal government decides to give a green light to Florida's proposed massive overhaul of Medicaid, it might hinge on what happened in Jacksonville and a handful of other places in the state over the last few years.
That was one of the messages that emerged from a three-hour hearing on the future of Medicaid held in Jacksonville on Tuesday. The hearings come in the wake of state lawmakers approving changes in the $22 billion state-federal safety net program.
Duval County has already been involved in Florida's current managed care experiment, often referred to as Medicaid Reform, that was put in place in five counties while former Gov. Jeb Bush was still in office.
And those who showed up at the hearing said they have