Florida Governor Rick Scott has refused to take most health reform funding (J Pat Carter - AP) A seemingly obscure regulatory battle in Florida could upend efforts to implement health-care reform nationwide. Read the Article>

A seemingly obscure regulatory battle in Florida could upend efforts to implement health-care reform nationwide.

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The liberal group Health Care for America Now is asking federal regulators to hold a hearing on Florida's request for a waiver from the healthcare reform law. Read the Article>

The nation's controversial new health-care law will save the average Florida family $1,520 a year by 2019, mostly because of lower premiums for the insured and expanded support for the uninsured, according to a report released on Tuesday by Families USA, a cheerleader for the law. Read the Article>

State economists said growth in Florida's once-exploding Medicaid program is slowing and predicted Medicaid spending will increase by a relatively modest $1.3 billion, or 6.3 percent, next fiscal year.

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Donald Berwick, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told reporters yesterday that the agency has the funds necessary to move forward with the Obama administration’s plans to create state health care insurance exchanges throughout the country. However, Florida remains one of five states that has not made any effort to take part in the reform. Read the Article>

A representative of the Obama administration offered a vigorous endorsement of the Affordable Care Act when he spoke at a recent meeting of the Florida Alliance of Retired Americans. Read the Article>

Opinion by Wendell Potter

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As healthcare costs for the poor soar across the United States, perhaps no state will feel the loss of federal stimulus money more than Florida. Read the Article>

A crucial experiment in the future of Medicaid is playing out in Florida, where both houses of the Legislature are vying to find ways to drastically cut costs, manage care and reduce waste and fraud. Read the Article>