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THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, April 12, 2017……… As they worked to craft the state’s next budget, Florida lawmakers got some unexpected help Wednesday: hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for hospitals that could free up state money to be spent elsewhere.
Gov. Rick Scott announced a deal with the federal government on the Low Income Pool program, also known as LIP, as the House and Senate worked into the evening debating state spending plans for the year that begins July 1. The Low Income Pool provides money to help care for poor and uninsured patients.
Scott, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, credited the new president with helping reach the deal on the funding for LIP, which appears to be about $900 million more than the $607 million the program received for the year that ends June 30.
