Government Health IT
January 30, 2012
Florida Governor Rick Scott wants to rein in state spending and has proposed using Medicaid as the major tool with which to fill in its $2 billion shortfall.
Scott released his proposed budget for 2012-13 last month in which he plans to cut $2 billion from Medicaid payments to hospitals.The cuts will also pay for slight increases in education and small business tax credits.
Before he became governor, Scott, a Republican, headed large for-profit hospital chain Columbia/ HCA, and he wants to bring some of his market reforms to the state’s Medicaid program.