Jim Saunders
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State employees have always described it as a trade-off: They work for lower pay than private-sector workers in return for good benefits -- including a…
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Senate leaders began rolling out a plan to transform the Medicaid system Tuesday with a threat: If Washington doesn't go along, Florida could give up…
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WellCare Health Plans is continuing to clean up the mess of a Medicaid fraud scandal, reaching a legal settlement with investors that could have a…
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Florida Senate leaders next week will release their first detailed proposal for overhauling the Medicaid system, calling for a shift of hundreds of…
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Likening it to "Big Brother,'' a House health-committee chairman said Tuesday he will look at repealing a prescription-drug database that lawmakers…
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Amid talk of major restructuring in Florida's health agencies, House Speaker Dean Cannon on Thursday created a special committee that will look at making…
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Florida has a huge budget hole, and nobody truly knows whether the federal health-care overhaul will be upheld or killed by the Supreme Court. But state…
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State employees had better develop an "entrepreneurial spirit" and a "start-up company philosophy.'' And they'd better get ready to see jobs "privatized."…
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By Jim Saunders and Carol Gentry Gov.-elect Rick Scott's transition team offered a controversial proposal this week to merge the Florida Department of…
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By Jim Saunders and Carol Gentry Gov.-elect Rick Scott's transition team is calling for a dramatic change in Florida's health-care governance, merging the…