House Republicans held a rare, closed-door caucus before today’s session discussing Medicaid expansion and a pending health-care bill in the Senate. Speaker Steve Crisafulli was heard through the door telling members to “trust us” in holding the line against the Senate’s Florida Health Insurance Exchange, a privatized form of Medicaid expansion. Crisafulli also told his […]
House holds closed-door meeting on health care – Tallahassee Democrat
House Republicans met behind closed doors for a “history lesson” on health care budgeting Tuesday, but Speaker Steve Crisafulli and top legislative leaders insisted their caucus was not a violation of Florida’s public-meeting laws. “One thing that makes this place work is, we have to be able to talk to each other a little bit,” […]
How reporters covered that super secret House GOP meeting on Medicaid – Tampa Bay Times
For more than an hour, House Republicans met to discuss Medicaid expansion and how it relates to the Low Income Pool, the two issues that have made the legislative session screech to a halt. But Republicans decided to ban the public from the meeting, claiming they wouldn’t talk about pressing legislative matters. So reporters had […]
