Individual counties in Florida have decided not to follow state officials in their call to block federal employees tasked with enrolling Floridians for health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
For the past month, Gov. Rick Scott and other state officials have been launching a political fight over people hired by the federal government to enroll Florida residents. Now, Scott has taken his concerns over to Congress.
Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi have set their sights on another aspect of the health care reform law: the people hired by the federal government to help uninsured Floridians.
Jim Crochet, Florida's long-term care ombudsman, turned in his resignation papers this week as the Department of Elder Affairs continues to conduct an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing.