House Republicans craft new Florida health care plan
Named for House Speaker
The proposal would create a private pre-paid plan for all patients to see primary care doctors and would redirect
"We're not waiting for the feds to act. We have to fund the
Next week, House legislators are expected to draft a memo to the
Corcoran, R-
"All of our reforms are geared to creating a real free market in health care which we know will help bring about the greatest access, the lowest costs, and the best outcomes for patients," he said.
Now that President
"We would like to partner with the federal government, essentially, and be able to have some free-market principles that would say, 'Hey, not everybody needs a robust plan,'" said Rep.
Cummings, who has sponsored past CorcoranCare bills, said the main idea was to make healthcare consumer driven, like other industries are, by giving people more choices and more information about their health plans. The
Even given these difficulties, much of the House Republican vision, Cummings said, is already encapsulated in a bill filed this session by Rep.
Lawmakers hope the legislation, which has failed for several years in a row, will provide a model for the rest of
Rep.
"It was basically just an insurance plan," Pigman said. "We have to redesign the health care delivery system. We simply can't continue to do what we are doing now. We have to do this or we will go broke."
Pigman is handling a bill this session for Corcoran that would expand the scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses. It would allow some of them to practice independently and give patients remote access to their providers through "telehealth."
"Allowing nurses to practice independently will lead to more fragmentation, which is counterproductive to the goals of high quality, affordable health care," wrote
"It's a long shot, but maybe pieces or all of it will pass," Pigman said about his bill. Since it was heard in committee Wednesday, all of the bill's components are up for lawmakers to consider.
Pigman argues doctors often profit from their supervision contracts with nurses, but the association waved away that claim as missing the point.
The
The doctor association's concerns are currently being echoed throughout the
"I'm comfortable that the (certificate-of-need repeal) bill addresses access without impacting quality. I'm not there yet on these other proposals, but that's why we have hearings. I'm always open minded when it comes to hearing good faith efforts and ideas to improve health care," said Sen.
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