claim: says a federal plan to expand medicaid would cost florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years.
author: rick scott
evidence_1: sep 18, 2016 ... the federal government's 100% financing of state spending on ... from the higher  spending being charged to federal taxpayers, substantial ... for example, in april  2014, cbo projected that the medicaid expansion would cost $42 billion ... billion  in economic activity over a 10-year period if all states expand ...
evidence_2: jan 7, 2013 ... florida governor rick scott kept up his attacks on obamacare on ... that federal  healthcare reforms could cost florida $26 billion over the next ... “growing  government is never free,” scott said, alluding to fears that florida taxpayers will  ... nearly double the people in our medicaid program over 10 years .
evidence_3: #6: medicaid expansion is unlikely to reduce charity care costs and will further  shift ... 26. new and more affordable coverage options for low-income parents  and all florida .... protection for florida patients and taxpayers from excessive  federal ..... during the next 10 years.63 for comparison, florida spent just $154  billion on ...
evidence_4: jul 25, 2012 ... [1] claims that states will bear a substantial share of the costs of ... federal  government will pick up nearly all costs, even as ... of the costs of the medicaid  expansion over its first nine years (2014-2022). ... will total between $26 and $52  billion from 2014 through 2019. ... 4-20-10health2-f1-rev-3-28-12.
evidence_5: mar 26, 2010 ... the federal health care plan "costs texas taxpayers $2.4 billion per year." ...  expanding medicaid, the government-run health insurance program for the ... " cost texans $24.3 billion in medicaid spending over the next 10 years." ....  politifact florida, "mccollum cites top estimate for medicaid expansion," by ...