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SPOTLIGHT: FL agency slams Medicaid pilot

June 19, 2009 — 1:33pm ET | By Anne Zieger
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Florida legislators aren't satisfied that a state program that funds Medicaid patients with flat payments to private health management firms has had its desired effect. They concluded that program, which has been in operation since 2006, had produced virtually no data suggesting that private health management companies had improved quality or cut costs. Article

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By Joker36 | Posted 7:58pm | June 21, 2009

so stop giving medicaid to emergency alien , stop giving medicaid to people who can get up off there butts and go to work, i always said i would shovel shit with a teaspoon to take care of my family never debended on medicaid or any other goverment agency to take care of mine, what happened to pride and the hard working people of this country. we are hear along with a bunch of people that did not make america what it is today, so consider this. why ask the dr's to cut thier charges for medicaid when they pay cents on a dollar and the health care professonal has tao pay ongodly malpractice insurance. so those in the suposed know !!!!consider this

By Anonymous | Posted 7:08pm | October 12, 2009

Some illegal immigrants can at least spell.

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