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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Medicaid Program – Florida

Feds: Florida can continue 5-county Medicaid pilot, By Kelli Kennedy (AP), December 15, 2011, Miami Herald: “Federal officials on Thursday approved the expansion of a five-county Medicaid privatization pilot program that allows for-profit providers to determine the health care of recipients, but there’s no indication whether a statewide expansion will be allowed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was insisting on new protections, more accountability and quality reporting, spokesman Alper Ozinal said…”