WellCare reverses course, sticks with Florida Medicaid reform

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Tampa Bay Business Journal, September 5, 2008

WellCare Health Plans Inc., has decided to stick with the Florida Medicaid program after all. WellCare has decided to continue with its two Medicaid plans, HealthEase of Florida Inc., and Staywell Health Plan after initially announcing it was going to bow out of the managed care Medicaid experiment in Broward and Duval counties.

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