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South Floridian charged with Medicaid fraud
Juan Blandy, owner of Supreme Home Health Care Agency, was arrested last week by the Florida attorney general's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and Miami-Dade Police.
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Florida loses out on census-based dollars, study shows
A new think-tank study released on the eve of the 2010 census has some eye-opening news about the decennial count's import for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of census-based aid flowing to the state and the three-county South Florida region puts both in the bottom five.
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U.S. May Aid Florida Budget
As state economists confirmed the $3.2 billion shortfall that Florida is facing next year, a bill advanced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday that could shrink Florida's budget gap by one-third.
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Florida Revenue Projections Mostly On Target
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Cash-strapped Florida lawmakers aren't getting any help from a new general revenue estimate issued Tuesday, but the figures aren't causing them any grief, either.
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Florida lags in U.S. aid based on Census
A study released on the eve of the 2010 Census has some eye-opening news about the count's importance for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of Census-based aid flowing to the state and the three-county South Florida region puts both in the bottom five.
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Florida sees (tiny) recovery
By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER H-T Capital Bureau Florida's slow recovery offers little relief to budget challenges
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Burden of entitlement programs only grows
TALLAHASSEE -- With swelling numbers of seniors on waiting lists, families on food stamps and poor people on Medicaid, economists on Tuesday delivered the news Florida lawmakers have long seen coming:
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Florida home care services face the ax
Home care services, long touted as a less expensive and more comfortable alternative to nursing homes, are facing the budget ax.
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Elder Law: Planning well vital for chronic care needs
Q: Ms. Burzynski, I am the agent under a power of attorney for my parents. Once my parents complete any “spend-down” of assets prior to being eligible for Medicaid to cover nursing home care, will I, as agent under the power of attorney ever be liable for all of my parents’ bills because of the power of attorney? Would having power of attorney mean my parents would never be eligible for Medicaid ...
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Legislature Briefs
Bill Increases Prison Time for Preying Educators Florida lawmakers are considering longer jail terms for teachers who take sexual advantage of underage students.
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Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks
Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.
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Fla. revenue projections mostly on target
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Cash-strapped Florida lawmakers aren’t getting any help from a new general revenue estimate issued Tuesday, but the figures aren’t causing them any grief, either. State economists increased their forecast by just...
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Market Commentary and Intraday News
(AP:TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) Cash-strapped Florida lawmakers aren't getting any help from a new general revenue estimate being developed Tuesday, but the figures aren't causing them any grief, either.
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Senate expected to pass jobs bill today
Assoicated Press | Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.
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Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle
Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.
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