TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's experimental, five-county Medicaid managed care program is providing such poor service that the state should suspend plans for expanding it statewide, according to a report released Monday by a liberal-leaning think tank.
A spokeswoman for the state agency that oversees Medicaid responded in an email that the report "provides an incomplete and inaccurate picture with respect to access."
Managed care is provided mostly by private companies including health maintenance organizations that are paid a certain amount for participants regardless of how much service they use.
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