The healthcare budget: HMOs cut, nursing homes rates swell, and hospitals in limbo

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: May 15, 2026

Words: 608

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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House and Senate budget negotiators swapped multiple offers Thursday as they rushed to resolve differences in the roughly $115 billion spending plan they are working on.

Legislators have been at it for three straight days tackling items ranging from affordable housing, money for schools and health care, Everglades restoration, and more.

The budget special session — which is scheduled to run until May 29 — will become less frenzied and more secretive in the …

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