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        "uri": "/2013/04/12/florida-house-rolls-out-health-insurance-plan/",
        "title": "Florida House rolls out health insurance plan",
        "byline": "Gary Fineout and Kelli Kennedy",
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        "prettyDate": "April 12, 2013",
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        "summary": "Gov. Rick Scott slammed a Florida House proposal Thursday that would pass up billions of federal dollars to provide health care coverage to 115,000 uninsured Floridians in a watered down alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health law.",
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        "uri": "/2013/03/08/health-overhaul-price-tag-adjusted-downward/",
        "title": "Health overhaul price tag adjusted downward",
        "byline": "Gary Fineout",
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        "prettyDate": "March 08, 2013",
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        "summary": "Florida economists on Thursday came out with a new price tag for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul that is dramatically lower than the one cited earlier this year by Gov. Rick Scott.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/20/scott-agrees-to-expand-florida-medicaid-program/",
        "title": "Scott agrees to expand Florida Medicaid program",
        "byline": "Gary Fineout, Kelli Kennedy",
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        "prettyDate": "February 20, 2013",
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        "summary": "Florida Gov. Rick Scott has announced that he will expand Medicaid to an estimated 900,000 additional Florida residents under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The decision is a surprise since Scott has been a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/17/florida-must-offer-insurance-or-pay-penalty/",
        "title": "Florida must offer insurance or pay penalty",
        "byline": "Gary Fineout",
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        "prettyDate": "January 17, 2013",
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        "summary": "It turns out that the state of Florida has yet another major decision to make in the next few months when it comes to the federal health care overhaul.",
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        "uri": "/2012/12/21/florida-agency-says-health-care-to-cost-billions-m/",
        "title": "Florida agency says health care to cost billions more",
        "byline": "Gary Fineout",
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        "prettyDate": "December 21, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "The administration of Gov. Rick Scott is now contending that the federal health care overhaul will cost state taxpayers billions more than estimates from just a few months ago.",
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        "uri": "/2012/10/02/floridas-pension-fund-underfunded-by-19-2-billion/",
        "title": "Florida's pension fund underfunded by $19.2 billion",
        "byline": " Gary Fineout ",
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        "prettyDate": "October 02, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The Florida Retirement System home to some 900,000 active and retired public employees is now underfunded by 13.1 percent, up $1.2 billion over last year.",
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        "uri": "/2012/07/18/florida-jobless-rate-falls-as-workers-drop-out/",
        "title": "Florida jobless rate falls as workers drop out",
        "byline": "Gary Fineout",
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        "prettyDate": "July 18, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "State economists are not sure if the work force is shrinking due to the number of people retiring, but says the local economy could be aided by boomer transplants.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2011/11/03/fla-businesses-to-pay-out-more-for-unemployment/",
        "title": "Fla. businesses to pay out more for unemployment",
        "byline": "Gary Fineout, Associated Press",
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        "prettyDate": "November 03, 2011",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "The toll of the recession and Florida's high unemployment rate will hit businesses next year as they will have to pay higher unemployment taxes.",
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