2024 Legislative Session Puts Health Care at the Center

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Florida lawmakers are working on a major overhaul of the state's health care system that they say will save the state hundreds of millions of dollars, the Miami Herald reports.

The "Live Healthy" health care package unveiled in December would boost Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospitals and nursing homes, offer more money to train doctors and nurses, and make it easier for patients to get care at home.

According to the Florida Hospital Association, it would also improve access to care and cut down on expensive out-of-state visits.

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Gayle Harrell, who is leading the effort, tells the Herald that Florida's current health care system is "rotted" and the "time is running out" to fix it.

"We're going to have to reinvent the system," she says.

"We're going to have to do it in a way that's efficient, we're going to have to have better outcomes, and we're going to have to do it in a way that's affordable."

The package, which still needs to be passed by the state Senate and House, is expected to save the state up to $750 million over 10 years, the Florida Times-Union reports.

The president of the Florida Hospital Association tells the Herald that

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