Florida reforms health care for the poor to save money

[2Design]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/07/us-medicaid-florida-idUSTRE7461IU20110507

[rfranklin]

1. Wait until Florida old folks start getting bills in the thousands of dollars for the overage...

Savings would be realized by shifting Medicaid from a traditional fee for service program to one that caps payments to providers and more closely mirrors private sector health insurance plans.

The bill would split the state into 11 regions and allow managed care companies to compete for business within those geographic boundaries.

Backers say the shift will reduce costs of health care for some 2.9 million recipients in the state's $22 billion federal program, without compromising care
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/07/us-medicaid-florida-idUSTRE7461IU20110507

[dkf]

2. Beats me how anyone thinks deficits don't affect entitlements.

When the Government's finances get all screwed up, this is what will happen. And the worse the deficit is when the you know what hits the fan, the worse the cuts.