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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: John Dorschner
Feb. 28--With its usual full plate of issues, Florida's healthcare industry will be battling over Medicaid spending, doctors' malpractice issues, who should be able to prescribe drugs, the nursing shortage, and many other matters.
Everyone is carefully watching the governor's proposals to modify Medicaid. The industry acknowledges that something must be done to control costs in the $14 billion program, but no one wants to see its part cut.
One huge fear is that the program will ultimately be capped -- meaning qualified persons won't be allowed into Medicaid. That means those disenfranchised poor will not get primary care and could end up uninsured in...
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