The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Frank Cerabino column
Just look at what's happening with the federal government's role in bankrolling
The latest wrinkle is that Gov.
Scott said that losing this federal handout "threatens poor families' access to the safety-net health care services they need."
It's not the first time that Scott has made an impassioned plea for federal dollars to bail out
Two years ago, Scott argued that the state needed to take a
"While the federal government is committed to pay 100 percent of the cost, I cannot, in good conscience, deny Floridians the needed access to health care," Scott said then, adding that it was "common sense" to help the "poorest and weakest" Floridians.
Well, common sense is apparently in short supply again.
Because now Scott doesn't want the
And so Scott said he will sue the federal government because it wants to give
The feds' rationale is simple: If Florida takes the
"Coverage rather than uncompensated care pools is the best way to secure affordable access to health care for low-income individuals," she wrote, "and uncompensated care pool funding should not pay for costs that would be covered in a
And who in their right mind would reject the bigger amount?
It's like saying, "Keep your filthy
It's a screwball thing to do. Even to the Republican-controlled
"The federal government has no obligation to provide LIP funding, or to work within our timeframe," Sen. President
"From where I sit, it is difficult (to) understand how suing CMS on day 45 of a 60 day session regarding an issue the state has been aware of for the last 12 months will yield a timely resolution to the critical health care challenges facing our state."
Unless you care less about the health care challenges facing the state and more about the personal challenges facing your political future.
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