April 25, 2024

Who Said That?

Florida's quote of the day

| 1/29/2015

"I am a never-say-never kind of guy."

-- Steve Crisafulli

For the third year in a row, a Florida House speaker has closed the door on expanding Medicaid in the state even as a coalition of Florida businesses is joining traditional advocates for the poor in urging acceptance of federal dollars to provide some added coverage.

Steve Crisafulli, a Merritt Island Republican, made clear that the GOP-controlled “House still stands where we stood before: We do not plan to do anything on Medicaid expansion.”

His predecessor as speaker, Wesley Chapel Republican Will Weatherford, similarly refused to consider any expansion that included federal funds.

Read more at the Naples Daily News.

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