A 'Nixon goes to China' moment? Conservative Republican pushes for state Medicaid expansion.
A conservative Florida Republican doctor who has been an ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis and his handling of COVID-19 says it’s time for the state to expand Medicaid despite the long-running opposition of GOP legislators.
Rep. Joel Rudman recently completed what he called his health care listening tour where he held meetings in the Panhandle, Central Florida and South Florida. He heard from patients, constituents and hospital representatives, all of whom were bemoaning Florida’s broken health care delivery system.
He said three themes emerged: high levels of uncompensated care, low Medicaid reimbursement rates and a workforce shortage.
Rudman said the loss of Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thou...
