TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Senate has passed a bill that would accept more than $50 billion federal dollars and offer health coverage to more than 1 million Floridians under the federal health law.
Sen. Joe Negron's bill passed Tuesday with no debate, but the silence sends a strong message to the House that the Senate isn't backing down, making a compromise unlikely in the final days of session.
The bill would not expand Medicaid but give money to residents to purchase private insurance. But the House doesn't want to accept money tied to the Affordable Care Act and has passed a bill that would use $237 million in state funds to cover about 115,000 residents.
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Negron said Monday the differences between the House and Senate may be too far to bridge.
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