The probability that Florida will see $1 billion in extra federal Medicaid money is growing dimmer with U.S. Senate Republicans blocking the measure from advancing this week and drawing concern from Florida lawmakers who partially built the state budget around the likely delivery of those dollars.
“Oh my God, that's devastating. That will kill this state,” said Sen. Durell Peaden, R-Crestview, the chair of the Senate's Health and Human Services budget committee.
