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Judge Rodgers to hear Scott LIP lawsuit

   June 5, 2015

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Chief U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers will hear arguments June 19 in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Rick Scott against the federal government in a dispute about the Low Income Pool health-funding program. Judge Rodgers issued an order Thursday scheduling the hearing on Scott’s motion for a preliminary injunction in the case.

Scott filed the lawsuit April 28 amid a state budget impasse that stemmed heavily from questions about the future of the so-called LIP program and a dispute between the House and Senate about whether to offer health coverage to hundreds of thousands of low-income people.

Scott contends that the Obama administration has unconstitutionally tried to link expanding Medicaid with the continuation of LIP — a contention that the federal government has called “baseless.” Attorneys for the state filed a motion last month seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent federal officials from linking the issues.

Source: The News Service of Florida

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