# Medicaid Tampa Elder Care Law Firm  Rosenkranz Law Firm   Since 1991


## Posts

- [Understanding Florida Lady Bird Deeds: Control, Benefits & Cautions](https://www.law4elders.com/understanding-florida-lady-bird-deeds-control-benefits-cautions/): Are you a Florida homeowner looking for ways to transfer real estate smoothly, maximize control, and preserve important exemptions?
- [Senate Health Bill Reels as C.B.O. Predicts 22 Million More Uninsured - The New York Times](https://www.law4elders.com/senate-health-bill-reels-as-c-b-o-predicts-22-million-more-uninsured-the-new-york-times/): Source: Senate Health Bill Reels as C.B.O.
- [Veterans benefits lag behind welfare payments? | Fox News Video](https://www.law4elders.com/veterans-benefits-lag-behind-welfare-payments-fox-news-video/): Nice interview from Fox and Friends on VA payment delay. Veterans benefits lag behind welfare payments? | Fox News Video.
- [Selling VA: New boss works to update his outfit's image](https://www.law4elders.com/selling-va-new-boss-works-to-update-his-outfits-image/): Robert McDonald"s direct answer to congress why he would want the head VA job: "There's no higher calling.
- [The question for Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature is not just whether to expand Medicaid but whether to establish a Florida exchange | Gainesville.com](https://www.law4elders.com/the-question-for-gov-rick-scott-and-the-legislature-is-not-just-whether-to-expand-medicaid-but-whether-to-establish-a-florida-exchange-gainesville-com/): Beginning next year, Florida businesses that have 100 or more employees and don't offer affordable health insurance will pay $2,000 to $3,000 per employee per year to help pay for their workers' coverage under the ACA.
- [WellCare, Centene Medicaid Winners | Health News Florida](https://www.law4elders.com/wellcare-centene-medicaid-winners-health-news-florida/): With the multi-billion-dollar, four-month enroll-a-thon for Florida’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program now complete, totals show WellCare Health Plans still on top.
- [Florida to suffer most for not expanding Medicaid, studies show | Gainesville.com](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-to-suffer-most-for-not-expanding-medicaid-studies-show-gainesville-com/): A joint report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute projects that, over the next 10 years, the state will leave $66.1 billion in Medicaid funding on the table by not approving the expansion included in the Affordable Care Act to cover individuals with income up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.That will mean more than 1 million uninsured state residents will not qualify for health care coverage, the report said.Over the next decade, Florida’s hospitals will miss out on $22.6 billion in federal reimbursements, the report projected.
- [Caregiving Takes Hefty Financial Toll, But Help Is Available : NPR](https://www.law4elders.com/caregiving-takes-hefty-financial-toll-but-help-is-available-npr/): NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with special needs lawyer Theresa Varnet and social entrepreneur Al Etmanski about the types of assistance available for families caring for a special needs child.
- [How a parent’s health-care bills could hurt you - Elizabeth O'Brien's Retire Well - MarketWatch](https://www.law4elders.com/how-a-parents-health-care-bills-could-hurt-you-elizabeth-obriens-retire-well-marketwatch/): Moving a parent into a care facility is often a wrenching decision for families.
- [By not expanding Medicaid, Florida is missing out on 63,800 jobs, Charlie Crist says | PolitiFact Florida](https://www.law4elders.com/by-not-expanding-medicaid-florida-is-missing-out-on-63800-jobs-charlie-crist-says-politifact-florida/): Crist said, "Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs."
- [Florida Shifts Medicaid Mental Health Strategy - Kaiser Health News](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-shifts-medicaid-mental-health-strategy-kaiser-health-news/): Mental illness is a big driver of Medicaid costs because it is twice as prevalent among beneficiaries of the public insurance program for the poor as it is among the general population.
- [VA Award letter used as verification for UME](https://www.law4elders.com/va-award-letter-used-as-verification-for-ume/): I have been providing assistance to Alan Sklarsky, Esq in New Jersey federal litigation on Medicaid/VA income verification.
- [Gingrich: Why can't VA be customer-friendly and digitally competent? - CNN.com](https://www.law4elders.com/gingrich-why-cant-va-be-customer-friendly-and-digitally-competent-cnn-com/): Gingrich: Why can't VA be customer-friendly and digitally competent? - CNN.com.
- [VA regional office finally lifts roadblock to veteran's benefits](https://www.law4elders.com/va-regional-office-finally-lifts-roadblock-to-veterans-benefits/): The Veterans administration is worried that veteran will be financially exploited.
- [Wife of ex-Deerfield police chief sentenced to year in federal prison for embezzling from disabled father | Concord Monitor](https://www.law4elders.com/wife-of-ex-deerfield-police-chief-sentenced-to-year-in-federal-prison-for-embezzling-from-disabled-father-concord-monitor/): Those that are in a fiduciary position will be held accountable for wrongdoing. Review this article for what could happen.
- [Many More Americans Issue End-of-Life Instructions - Scientific American](https://www.law4elders.com/many-more-americans-issue-end-of-life-instructions-scientific-american/): The number of Americans aged 60 or more who issued advance directives governing their end-of-life care went from 47 percent in 2000 to 72 percent in 2010.
- [Miller and Walorski Aim to Protect Benefits of Veterans Who Die Waiting for VA Claims | House Committee on Veterans' Affairs](https://www.law4elders.com/miller-and-walorski-aim-to-protect-benefits-of-veterans-who-die-waiting-for-va-claims-house-committee-on-veterans-affairs/): WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller and Rep. Jackie Walorski introduced H.R.
- [How Much Your Doctor Received From Medicare - NYTimes.com](https://www.law4elders.com/how-much-your-doctor-received-from-medicare-nytimes-com/): How Much Your Doctor Received From Medicare Use the form below to find a doctor or other medical professional among the more than 800,000 health care providers that received payments in 2012 from Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits, tests and other treatments.
- [Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs - WSJ.com](https://www.law4elders.com/small-slice-of-doctors-account-for-big-chunk-of-medicare-costs-wsj-com/): Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs Top 1% of Medical Providers Accounted for 14% of Billing, Federal Data Show By CHRISTOPHER WEAVER, TOM MCGINTY and LOUISE RADNOFSKY Updated April 9, 2014 9:17 a.m.
- [A Quiet 'Sea Change' in Medicare - NYTimes.com](https://www.law4elders.com/a-quiet-sea-change-in-medicare-nytimes-com/): A Quiet ‘Sea Change’ in Medicare For years we have advised clients to appeal decisions that deny rehabilitation at nursing homes for those patients that have plateaued.
- [Open Payments - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services](https://www.law4elders.com/open-payments-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services/): Creating Public Transparency of Industry-Physician Financial Relationships The Official Website for Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act) via Open Payments - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
- [Fine print: State can seize your assets to pay for care after you’re forced into Medicaid by Obamacare « Hot Air](https://www.law4elders.com/fine-print-state-can-seize-your-assets-to-pay-for-care-after-youre-forced-into-medicaid-by-obamacare-hot-air/): Fine print: State can seize your assets to pay for care after you’re forced into Medicaid by Obamacare « Hot Air.
- [TALLAHASSEE: Jackson Memorial Hospital expected to lose $140 million under new Medicaid law - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com](https://www.law4elders.com/tallahassee-jackson-memorial-hospital-expected-to-lose-140-million-under-new-medicaid-law-miami-dade-miamiherald-com/): The new funding formula was a little-known part of Florida’s 2011 Medicaid reform law, a Republican-driven overhaul of the state and federal insurance program for the poor.
- [Opinion: GOP fight with Obamacare is closing hospitals - CNN.com](https://www.law4elders.com/opinion-gop-fight-with-obamacare-is-closing-hospitals-cnn-com/): GOP obstruction of Obamacare is closing hospitals via Opinion: GOP fight with Obamacare is closing hospitals - CNN.com.
- [Obamacare Cutbacks Shut Hospitals Where Medicaid Went Unexpanded - Bloomberg](https://www.law4elders.com/obamacare-cutbacks-shut-hospitals-where-medicaid-went-unexpanded-bloomberg/): Bloomberg News talks about how the Affordable Care Act impacts Medicaid Hospital Grants.
- [Reinventing American Health Care](https://www.law4elders.com/reinventing-american-health-care/): Amanda Bennett is the author of “The Cost of Hope,” about her late husband’s journey through the health-care maze.
- [Veterans Affairs would get money to slash claims backlog](https://www.law4elders.com/veterans-affairs-would-get-money-to-slash-claims-backlog/): The VA has accumulated a massive backlog of claims waiting to be processed, which it managed to trim from 600,000 to 400,000 – a still startling number – from March to November 2013.
- [Florida is a million miles from Medicaid expansion - Orlando Sentinel](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-is-a-million-miles-from-medicaid-expansion-orlando-sentinel/): Florida is a million miles from Medicaid expansion - Orlando Sentinel.
- [Congress restores military pensions - Feb. 12, 2014](https://www.law4elders.com/congress-restores-military-pensions-feb-12-2014/): CNN Reports: Disabled veterans get pension raises back Last month, lawmakers reversed course on part of the pension cuts.
- [Sunrise firm aims to cut Medicaid costs - Page 2 - Sun Sentinel](https://www.law4elders.com/sunrise-firm-aims-to-cut-medicaid-costs-page-2-sun-sentinel/): Sunrise firm aims to cut Medicaid costs - Page 2 - Sun Sentinel. A nice Public Relations article about Sunrise Managed Care Organization.
- [States Accelerate Shift Of Nursing Home Residents Into Medicaid Managed Care - Kaiser Health News](https://www.law4elders.com/states-accelerate-shift-of-nursing-home-residents-into-medicaid-managed-care-kaiser-health-news/): States Accelerate Shift Of Nursing Home Residents Into Medicaid Managed Care - Kaiser Health News.
- [Medicaid 'Reform' Pays Off: Study | Health News Florida](https://www.law4elders.com/medicaid-reform-pays-off-study-health-news-florida/): As I contunue to study the Medicaid Reform, I think there is a loss of understanding that Provider Service Networks are provider owned rather than an insurance company.
- [New study: Florida's networks control health costs better than Medicaid - Health - The News Herald](https://www.law4elders.com/new-study-floridas-networks-control-health-costs-better-than-medicaid-health-the-news-herald/): AP Reports. Results from a study of Florida’s Medicaid Reform Pilot Project show that provider service networks, which the state intends to implement this year throughout the state, control costs better than traditional Medicaid.
- [Prestige Wins Medicaid Contracts | Health News Florida](https://www.law4elders.com/prestige-wins-medicaid-contracts-health-news-florida/): Prestige Wins Medicaid Contracts | Health News Florida.
- [C-SPAN Focus on Veterans Claims Backlog](https://www.law4elders.com/c-span-focus-on-veteran-claim-backlog/): Washington Journal | C-SPAN.
- [Simple Regulation ](https://www.law4elders.com/simple-regulation/): SIMPLE Conquering the Crisis of Complexity By Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn Illustrated. 237 pages. Twelve.
- [For Elderly in ALF, Three illness overlap at alarming levels](https://www.law4elders.com/for-elderly-in-alf-three-illness-overlap-at-alarming-levels/): Citing information from the National Center for Health Statistics, the New York Times reports with Venn diagrams to explain how Alzheimer's disease, high blood pressure and heart disease overlap for those who reside at Assisted Living Facilities.
- [U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division WHD - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend the Companionship and Live-In Worker Regulations](https://www.law4elders.com/u-s-department-of-labor-wage-and-hour-division-whd-notice-of-proposed-rulemaking-to-amend-the-companionship-and-live-in-worker-regulations/): While Congress expanded protections to “domestic service” workers in 1974, these Amendments also created a limited exemption from both the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the Act for casual babysitters and companions for the aged and infirm, and created an exemption from the overtime pay requirement only for live-in domestic workers.Although the regulations governing exemptions have been substantially unchanged since they were promulgated in 1975, the in-home care industry has undergone a dramatic transformation.
- [Scott says Florida won't implement health care law - Tampa Bay Times](https://www.law4elders.com/scott-says-florida-wont-implement-health-care-law-tampa-bay-times/): “We care about the citizens of our state. We know this will be bad for our health care. We want jobs in our state.
- [Florida’s pro-taxpayer cure for Medicaid](https://www.law4elders.com/floridas-pro-taxpayer-cure-for-medicaid/): Medicaid Cure patients rate better than patients trapped in old Medicaid in nearly two-thirds of national health categories.
- [Gov. Rick Scott confirms: No Medicaid expansion for Florida | jacksonville.com](https://www.law4elders.com/gov-rick-scott-confirms-no-medicaid-expansion-for-florida-jacksonville-com/): Florida will opt out of spending about $2 billion more to expand Medicaid, and wont build insurance exchanges, another optional part of the federal health care law, Gov.
- [Florida reluctantly starts to implement Obama's health care law - Orlando Sentinel](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-reluctantly-starts-to-implement-obamas-health-care-law-orlando-sentinel/): Gov. Rick Scott having refused millions of dollars of federal grants for setting up an insurance exchange now appears ready to move forward.
- [U.S. Supreme Court upholds Obamacare | Northwest Voices | The Seattle Times](https://www.law4elders.com/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-obamacare-northwest-voices-the-seattle-times/): A physician’s perspectiveAs a family physician, I have struggled to help my patients get necessary health services, but with Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the health-care-reform law, my patients and millions of Americans have improved access to health care.The Affordable Care Act ACA provides insurance security for everyone; no longer will health-care access be determined by how much you earn, where you live or what you look like.Under the ACA, insurance companies are required to use more of your premium on insurance benefits instead of salaries and administrative costs.
- [GAO testimony about VA benefit planning ](https://www.law4elders.com/gao-testimony-about-va-benefit-planning/): GAO Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging US Senate focused on how Veterans who should not be qualified for pension used financial advisers and attorneys to obtain the pension.
- [When Care Is Split Between Medicare And Medicaid: KHN Interview With Melanie Bella - Kaiser Health News](https://www.law4elders.com/when-care-is-split-between-medicare-and-medicaid-khn-interview-with-melanie-bella-kaiser-health-news/): Nearly 9 million poor and sick Americans are "dually eligible" for both Medicare, the federal health care program for seniors and disabled individuals, and Medicaid, the joint federal health system for low-income people.
- [Affordable Care Act](https://www.law4elders.com/affordable-care-act/): The new Affordable Care Act may be helpful to you. Take a look at this handout to find 5 things you need to know.
- [Earned Success vs. Learned Helplessness](https://www.law4elders.com/earned-success-vs-learned-helplessness/): NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE WWW.NATIONALREVIEW.COM PRINT JUNE 23, 2010 4:00 AM A Conversation with Arthur C.
- [A Florida Lawmaker Critiques Health Care Law : NPR](https://www.law4elders.com/a-florida-lawmaker-critiques-health-care-law-npr/): As the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments on the Affordable Care Act, Tell Me More continues the conversation about state reactions to the law.
- [Agency details Medicaid plan | The News-Press | news-press.com](https://www.law4elders.com/agency-details-medicaid-plan-the-news-press-news-press-com/): Nearly a year after lawmakers approved moving to a statewide Medicaid managed-care system, the Agency for Health Care Administration last week sent another round of detailed information to federal officials about how the plan would be carried out.
- [Experts see few barriers to stop people from buying health-care coverage only when sick](https://www.law4elders.com/experts-see-few-barriers-to-stop-people-from-buying-health-care-coverage-only-when-sick/): Tens of millions of people every year decide they can't afford or simply won't buy health insurance. Some are out of work or underemployed.
- [Hillsborough joins Medicaid lawsuit | TBO.com](https://www.law4elders.com/hillsborough-joins-medicaid-lawsuit-tbo-com/): Hillsborough County has joined an ongoing dispute over health care costs for its poorest residents.
- [Budget would delay statewide Medicaid managed care for dentistry | The Florida Current](https://www.law4elders.com/budget-would-delay-statewide-medicaid-managed-care-for-dentistry-the-florida-current/): The state budget and an implementing bill signed this week by Gov.
- [JURIST - Forum: Medicaid in the Supreme Court: Small Errors, Big Problems](https://www.law4elders.com/jurist-forum-medicaid-in-the-supreme-court-small-errors-big-problems/): Medicaid remains the black sheep of the health care reform litigation.
- [AFCH-PC](https://www.law4elders.com/angels-garden-inc/)
- [Crovitz: Complexity Is Bad for Your Health - WSJ.com](https://www.law4elders.com/crovitz-complexity-is-bad-for-your-health-wsj-com/): Perhaps ObamaCare will be remembered as the breaking point for top-down planning.
- [» Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute First in Florida with an onsite PET scanner.](https://www.law4elders.com/byrd-alzheimers-institute-first-in-florida-with-an-onsite-pet-scanner/): The Eric Pfeiffer PET Imaging Center, named in honor of Dr. Pfeiffer (above), houses the first onsite PET scanner in an Alzheimer’s facility in Florida.
- [FDA Approves Alzheimer's Test Developed by Eli Lilly - WSJ.com](https://www.law4elders.com/fda-approves-alzheimers-test-developed-by-eli-lilly-wsj-com-2/): The test uses a chemical called florbetapir, known by the brand name Amyvid, which is a radioactive agent that tags clumps of a sticky substance called an amyloid.
- [TRICARE fee increases: Hikes in cost of veterans health care draw fire - POLITICO.com](https://www.law4elders.com/tricare-fee-increases-hikes-in-cost-of-veterans-health-care-draw-fire-politico-com/): The Obama administration’s budget proposal to cut defense spending, in part, by increasing the cost of health care for retired service members has riled veterans groups and members of Congress.
- [How to Buy Long-Term-Care Insurance - WSJ.com](https://www.law4elders.com/how-to-buy-long-term-care-insurance-wsj-com/): Kelly Greene has written an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal about the purchase of long term care insurance.
- [The Age of Double Standards](https://www.law4elders.com/the-age-of-double-standards/): The Age of Double Standards.
- [New Avalere Health Analysis Details State Impact of "Bad Debt" SNF Medicare Funding Cuts - MarketWatch](https://www.law4elders.com/new-avalere-health-analysis-details-state-impact-of-bad-debt-snf-medicare-funding-cuts-marketwatch/): A cut of 60.5 million a year will effect Florida Nursing Homes in a big way.
- [Alex Sink  speaks at Tampa Rotary](https://www.law4elders.com/alex-sink-speaks-at-tampa-rotary/): On April 2 2012 Alex Sink speaks on the future of florida and Florida Next.
- [Poll: 70 percent like Medicaid expansion in health care reform law | Florida Independent](https://www.law4elders.com/poll-70-percent-like-medicaid-expansion-in-health-care-reform-law-florida-independent/): According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll .pdf released last week, the Medicaid expansion provision in the Affordable Care Act has 70 percent approval from Americans.
- [Florida Challenges Medicaid Spending 'By Force' : NPR](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-challenges-medicaid-spending-by-force-npr/): "It is absolutely not sustainable.
- [TRANSCRIPT & AUDIO: Supreme Court: The Health Care Law And Medicaid Expansion : NPR](https://www.law4elders.com/transcript-audio-supreme-court-the-health-care-law-and-medicaid-expansion-npr/): TRANSCRIPT & AUDIO: Supreme Court: The Health Care Law And Medicaid Expansion : NPR.
- [The Financial State Of Florida’s Medicaid | HealthyState.org - Florida Health News](https://www.law4elders.com/the-financial-state-of-floridas-medicaid-healthystate-org-florida-health-news/): The Financial State Of Florida’s Medicaid | HealthyState.org - Florida Health News.
- [Scott Signs $276 Million Medicaid Bill | TheLedger.com](https://www.law4elders.com/scott-signs-276-million-medicaid-bill-theledger-com/): Over the strong objection of Florida counties and tea party activists, Gov.
- [Can the Supreme Court Survive a Health-Care Decision? - Miller-McCune](https://www.law4elders.com/can-the-supreme-court-survive-a-health-care-decision-miller-mccune/): Miller - McCune has a great article about the politics of the Supreme Court.
- [U.S. Tells States How to Expand Medicaid in Health Law - WSJ.com](https://www.law4elders.com/u-s-tells-states-how-to-expand-medicaid-in-health-law-wsj-com/): U.S. Tells States How to Expand Medicaid in Health Law - WSJ.com.
- [The Claims Process: Inside a VA Regional Office | VAntage Point](https://www.law4elders.com/the-claims-process-inside-a-va-regional-office-vantage-point/): The Human Side to the VA, interesting blog from the VA.
- [Clock ticking for governor to sign controversial Medicaid legislation | Naked Politics](https://www.law4elders.com/clock-ticking-for-governor-to-sign-controversial-medicaid-legislation-naked-politics/): The Miami Herald reports: A controversial measure that would shift $300 million in disputed Medicaid bills to counties has been received by Gov.
- [Feds Question Florida on Medicaid | TheLedger.com](https://www.law4elders.com/feds-question-florida-on-medicaid-theledger-com/): Some of questions asked by the Federal Government to the State of Florida regarding the transition to managed care for those on Medicaid.
- [Florida Medicaid shift could take longer than expected | The News-Press | news-press.com](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-medicaid-shift-could-take-longer-than-expected-the-news-press-news-press-com/): Florida Medicaid shift could take longer than expected | The News-Press | news-press.com.
- [FAQ: The Supreme Court and health reform - The Washington Post](https://www.law4elders.com/faq-the-supreme-court-and-health-reform-the-washington-post/): A very good basic Frequently Asked Questions is provided by the Washington Post on the upcoming oral arguments in the Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act.
- [Missed opportunities - Editorials - MiamiHerald.com](https://www.law4elders.com/missed-opportunities-editorials-miamiherald-com/): The Miami Herald editorial page reviewed the Florida legislature 2012 session with a judgmental tone.
- [Medicaid cut would hit Florida's poorest patients, hospitals | TBO.com](https://www.law4elders.com/medicaid-cut-would-hit-floridas-poorest-patients-hospitals-tbo-com/): Medicaid cut would hit Florida's poorest patients, hospitals | TBO.com.
- [Long-Term Care Services: Forgotten By Most Presidential Candidates - Forbes](https://www.law4elders.com/long-term-care-services-forgotten-by-most-presidential-candidates-forbes/): Forbes is reporting Long Term Care Issues are not a top issue for presidential candidates. An exception is Newt Gingrich.
- [Tea Party defends counties in Medicaid billing dispute | Naked Politics](https://www.law4elders.com/tea-party-defends-counties-in-medicaid-billing-dispute-naked-politics/): Local and County governments are on the hook for more cost sharing for Medicaid patients.
- [Here's a Funny Idea: Medicare Laws That Are Easy to Read - WSJ.com](https://www.law4elders.com/heres-a-funny-idea-medicare-laws-that-are-easy-to-read-wsj-com/): As Courts interpret Medicare and Medicaid laws, they ponder the language that the public policy is described in the laws.
- [In Tsunami-Stricken Shichigahama, Japan, the Elderly Knit a Safety Net - WSJ.com](https://www.law4elders.com/in-tsunami-stricken-shichigahama-japan-the-elderly-knit-a-safety-net-wsj-com/): The future of long term care, will be on intentional communities with shared interest and activities. This is how the boomers will age.
- [Glen Campbell: Alzheimer's can't silence the music - Washington Times](https://www.law4elders.com/glen-campbell-alzheimers-cant-silence-the-music-washington-times/): A sparkle was gone, until the the band played on..
- [Review & Outlook: Whats Right With Kansas - WSJ.com](https://www.law4elders.com/review-outlook-whats-right-with-kansas-wsj-com/): As goes Florida so does Kansas.
- [What's behind Florida's Medicaid spending surge: It's the hospitals | On Call with Stacey Singer](https://www.law4elders.com/whats-behind-floridas-medicaid-spending-surge-its-the-hospitals-on-call-with-stacey-singer/): What’s it show?
- [Free Online Training For Caregivers](https://www.law4elders.com/free-online-training-for-caregivers/): The Wall Street Journal reports on new resources for caregivers.
- [Witness Testimony of Doug Rosinski, Attorney, Law Office of Douglas J. Rosinski, Esq. | House Committee on Veterans' Affairs](https://www.law4elders.com/witness-testimony-of-doug-rosinski-attorney-law-office-of-douglas-j-rosinski-esq-house-committee-on-veterans-affairs/): "Members of Congress and all citizens should understand how the VA “fiduciary” program really operates, not just how VA officials claim it works.
- [Reforming VA’s Flawed Fiduciary System | House Committee on Veterans' Affairs](https://www.law4elders.com/reforming-vas-flawed-fiduciary-system-house-committee-on-veterans-affairs/): We are greatful that the House is reviewing the Flawed Fiduciary System. Take a look at the testimony.
- [Florida plans to slash Medicaid funds ahead of health reform | Government Health IT](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-plans-to-slash-medicaid-funds-ahead-of-health-reform-government-health-it/): [Gov.] Scott said the reimbursement “adjustment” would create a flat rate for hospital groups using average costs.
- [Anne Swerlick: Will the Legislature protect Florida's most vulnerable? | Gainesville.com](https://www.law4elders.com/anne-swerlick-will-the-legislature-protect-floridas-most-vulnerable-gainesville-com/): In the Gainsville Sun Attorney Anne Swerlick writes "The Florida Legislature has an opportunity to address these problems.
- [Medicaid goes under the knife | TBO.com](https://www.law4elders.com/medicaid-goes-under-the-knife-tbo-com/): The Tampa Tribune Editoral makes the point "Continued deep cuts will compromise Floridians' care."
- [Editorial: Florida Legislature's proposed cuts to Medicaid too draconian; stakeholders must find reasonable solution » TCPalm.com](https://www.law4elders.com/editorial-florida-legislatures-proposed-cuts-to-medicaid-too-draconian-stakeholders-must-find-reasonable-solution-tcpalm-com/): RCPALM Editorial Page points out 'Here's what is particularly insidious about the Legislature's proposed cuts to Medicaid: At the same time Florida lawmakers are planning to reduce vital health care services for hundreds of thousands of state residents, both chambers have approved state budgets that continue to offer overly generous health insurance premiums for high-ranking state officials.
- [Commentary: Florida, this is insanity - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee](https://www.law4elders.com/commentary-florida-this-is-insanity-sacramento-living-sacramento-food-and-wine-home-health-sacramento-bee/): Fred Grimm in the Miami Herald writes "If the Senate version prevails over a less Draconian appropriation in the House, 34 percent of the mental health funding, and 25.5 percent of the money for substance abuse, would disappear.
- [Florida legislators passing ceremonial bills denouncing health care reform | Florida Independent](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-legislators-passing-ceremonial-bills-denouncing-health-care-reform-florida-independent/): The state [of Florida] has been fighting with the feds for sometime now over implementation of its plan to privatize most of its Medicaid program.
- [amednews: CMS denies Florida's bid to raise Medicaid cost-sharing :: Feb. 24, 2012 ... American Medical News](https://www.law4elders.com/amednews-cms-denies-floridas-bid-to-raise-medicaid-cost-sharing-feb-24-2012-american-medical-news/): amednews: CMS denies Florida's bid to raise Medicaid cost-sharing :: Feb.
- [Who would have thought a "Yacker Tracker" could help.](https://www.law4elders.com/who-would-have-thought-a-yacker-tracker-could-help/): The Tampa Bay Times reports use of a Yacker Tracker at Tampa Bays two veterans hospitals.
- [These Shoes Are Made for Tracking](https://www.law4elders.com/these-shoes-are-made-for-tracking/): The Tampa Bay Times reports today that "a Teaneck, N.J.
- [Insurers Profit From Health Law Mandate](https://www.law4elders.com/insurers-profit-from-health-law-mandate/): My research has always revealed that health care follows the money.
- [The President Takes His Case to the Supreme Court](https://www.law4elders.com/the-president-takes-his-case-to-the-supreme-court/): The Justice Department had filed its first brief on Friday in the US Supreme Court. The Court is being asked to define questions about Congress's power.
- [Reform forces additional 50 million dollars into community care](https://www.law4elders.com/reform-forces-50-million-more-into-community-care/): Panel Wrestles with Federal Rules for Health Funding "The issue centers on a $1-billion-a-year program known as the Low Income Pool, which sends extra money to hospitals and other providers statewide that care for large numbers of poor and uninsured patients.
- [Doctors Going Broke](https://www.law4elders.com/doctors-going-broke/): CNN is reporting that with Medicare reforms Doctors are going broke.
- [Florida True Health](https://www.law4elders.com/florida-true-health/): From PR Newsletter: JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan.

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