A lawmaker has filed a bill seeking to limit the state's authority to operate a Medicaid privatization experiment ...more

March 2, 2009

2 New Macy's Offices Macy's will open two small district offices in Clearwater as part of a major restructuring of its national operations. ...more

February 5, 2009

A Medicaid privatization program former Gov. Jeb Bush touted as a national model for improving care while limiting state costs is foundering, with nearly a quarter of the participating doctors leaving over payments and the inability to treat patients as they see fit. ...more

January 29, 2009

WellCare Health Plans Inc. and several other health care companies have notified Florida that they will pull out of a pilot program aimed at providing HMO-style health coverage for Medicaid recipients in two Florida counties outside the Tampa Bay area, state officials said Thursday. ...more

August 28, 2008

Across the country states have tried to come up with ways to hold down the cost of Medicaid, and no reform program initially showed greater promise than the Florida effort advanced by Jeb Bush. ...more

October 29, 2007