by Brian Burgess | Aug 2, 2024
At a revenue estimating conference last week, AHCA and state economists acknowledged that the legal quagmire surrounding the Medicaid Managed Care program has caused problems with overall budget forecasting. State economists were wringing their hands last week at a...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 1, 2024
Despite her claims on Twitter, Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Moody vs. Netchoice did not deliver the populist outcome she was hoping for. In a tweet earlier today, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody trumpeted her own intentionally misleading spin...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 10, 2024
Capital Soup is one of Florida’s most widely-read unfiltered public policy digital news sites. The platform is now available to site sponsors and advertisers as a core component of The Capitolist’s advertising, influence and content delivery options. In a...
by Brian Burgess | May 24, 2024
Multiple healthcare providers lodged protests with a common theme: inconsistency, bias, and lack of transparency, among many complaints as AHCA prepares to defend its provider evaluation process. A flurry of protests have emerged following Florida’s Agency for...
by Brian Burgess | May 16, 2024
DeSantis has yet to announce any line-item vetoes, but insiders say there are a large number of potential targets. With line-item veto authority vested in Florida’s Executive Office of the Governor and a July 1 budget deadline just six weeks away, DeSantis...
by Brian Burgess | Feb 26, 2024
A measles outbreak in one of Florida’s largest public school systems underscores the need for better indoor air quality monitoring in aging public school buildings. Two new cases over the weekend added to the growing measles outbreak at Manatee Bay Elementary...