Striking a cooperative tone, Gov. Rick Scott asks to meet with federal health officials

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TALLAHASSEE — Striking a cooperative post-election tone, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday asked to meet with President Barack Obama's top health care adviser so they can "work together" to lower health care costs.

In a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on what had been the original deadline for states to decide whether to create health exchanges, Scott said he remains skeptical that the Affordable Care Act will lower costs. He also warned that the cost of most government health care programs often exceeds initial projections.

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For much of the past year, Scott referred to "Obamacare" as a "job-killer" for Florida. His softened rhetoric comes less than two weeks after Obama won Florida for a second time and voters statewide rejected a largely symbolic amendment to the state Constitution that would have prohibited states from requiring people to buy health insurance.

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/striking-a-cooperative-tone-gov-rick-scott-asks-to-meet-with-federal/1261985

[Angry Dragon]

1. Penishead belongs in prison

[libdem4life]

2. I find it amazing the magic a Democratic Presidential win has created. Daily news reports of

"redirected thinking". Off with their political heads.

[rzemanfl]

3. Federal health officials made Scott filthy rich.

And he wasn't prosecuted.

[Thinkingabout]

4. He must have ran on repealing Obamacare and found he does not have a large following.

Angry old white men does not have enough votes to keep the RW bunch in control. Scott is going to pull back to the center or even more right. Health insurance is important to us, we will be voting on maintaining our health.