#State employee alleges Florida sidestepped process in excluding gender-affirming care from Medicaid

#State employee alleges Florida sidestepped process in excluding gender-affirming care from Medicaid

State employee alleges Florida sidestepped process in excluding gender-affirming care from Medicaid Florida health officials circumvented traditional regulatory channels to draft a report recommending gender-affirming health care be excluded from coverage under Medicaid, a state employee alleges in an exchange included in new court filings. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which controls most of the state’s…

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#McCarthy tries to get out of his box on debt ceiling 

#McCarthy tries to get out of his box on debt ceiling 

McCarthy tries to get out of his box on debt ceiling  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is pressing for Democrats to come to the bargaining table and begin negotiations to address the nation’s debt limit, as he faces pressures within his party to make good on significant fiscal reform.   McCarthy called on the White House to start…

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#Republicans warn against writing off Trump’s chances in 2024

#Republicans warn against writing off Trump’s chances in 2024

Republicans warn against writing off Trump’s chances in 2024 Republicans are warning not to write off former President Trump’s 2024 White House bid, arguing that he’s still the presumptive front-runner despite signs that some in the GOP are ready to move on. Strategists and officials began sounding the death knell for Trump’s political career after…

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