This is the last of the governor's initiatives to dismantle government and get rid of entitlement spending for the less fortunate.
The money is there now we can only hope the will to do something for poor Floridians will follow.
We've been trying to get that back for three years.
We've got a lot to do. Don't get me wrong. But we've been very pleased with the progress that has been made, and it has been a long time coming. People have been coming here for the last 20 years trying to get to this place.
The poor are not perceived as voters. You can see that's what legislators think when they make these spending decisions.
You have to restore the outreach and you have to be in the community.
That's good, but it's not outreach. If you don't have people in the community that are meeting in the schools and getting support, you won't get the kids.
I think this is a very bad idea. There are hundreds of thousands of children out there who need to be in this program. The focus should be on redirecting resources, on getting them into the program and keeping them in and not take the money out.
These are families that are following the rules. These are legal immigrants. There's plenty of money. I guess there just wasn't the will to care for uninsured children.
The insurance and health-care industries are in business to make money. They obviously thought it might be beneficial to them to give to the party with all the changes taking place. Apparently Florida's ... Medicaid recipients didn't get their contributions in on time.
The (contractor) provider is increasingly having more authority on services they are going to provide.
Unless some crisis triggers action, it usually takes us years to get something passed. And we can only do one thing at a time because we're not allowed to go after things comprehensively. We think it will be helpful to have a dedicated group of legislators who are sitting down and looking at issues in a more intense, concentrated way.
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