By Christine Sexton
October 14, 2015
TALLAHASSEE — Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush, who has repeatedly called on skeptical conservative voters to consider his record in Florida, reached back to his roots as the state’s chief executive on Tuesday when he announced his own plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Bush relied on two former aides who had served as his top health care advisers to help craft the plan, which he unveiled at a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, and perhaps not surprisingly, Bush’s Florida experience informs the proposal.
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Georgetown University researcher Joan Alker studied the reform initiative over a four-year period. Her analysis showed that doctors reported it was harder to provide medically necessary services to children because of restrictions, and 27 percent of the providers who participated in Medicaid before the pilot experiment said they did not plan on continuing to participate in the program.
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