Florida House panel backs major health care bill

House subcommittee advances wide-ranging healthcare measure

A wide-ranging health and human services measure advanced in the Florida House on Thursday after clearing its first committee stop. The Florida House of Representatives Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee voted favorably on HB 693, sending the bill to the full Health & Human Services Committee for further consideration. The legislation, if adopted, would make  changes to Florida law governing Medicaid, food assistance, health care regu…

Planned Parenthood on Medicaid chopping block, SNAP work requirements moving in the House

A House health care committee on Thursday gave approval to HB 693, a far-reaching proposal that would potentially ban Florida Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood and implement work requirements for adults who rely on SNAP for food security. (Photo by McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)The Florida Legislature may be poised to copy federal law and ban Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. The House Health Care Facilities & Systems S…

Florida House panel backs major health care bill

A Florida House panel backed a wide-ranging plan that seeks to trim health-care regulations and carry out federal changes in programs such as food stamps and Medicaid.

Major Health Care Bill OK'd in House

TALLAHASSEE — A Florida House panel Thursday backed a wide-ranging plan that seeks to trim health-care regulations and carry out federal changes in programs such as food stamps and Medicaid.