Here are eight things to know about the state’s newest proposal for Medicaid expansion, as noted in the report.
1. The plan is called “Healthy Florida Works.”
2. As proposed, Healthy Florida Works would consist of “a semi-private Medicaid program requiring beneficiaries to pay modest premiums and participate in health and job training programs.”
3. It would be financed through the estimated $50 billion in federal funds available to Florida over the next decade if Medicaid is expanded there.
4. Supporters believe the plan’s “pro-business” provisions will make it more pleasing to members of the GOP.
5. Policies would be available on a state-run private buying exchange.
6. It would be open to people and families earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.
7. The newest proposal is similar to the “Healthy Florida” plan that Sen. Joe Negron, (R-Stuart), put forward in 2013. If it had passed, it would have had private insurers managing an expanded Medicaid system.
8. Healthy Florida Works would expand Medicaid eligibility to an estimated 800,000 low-income Florida’s residents who lack health coverage.
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