WellCare leaving Florida's controversial Medicaid Reform program
Miami Herald, February 5, 2009
Florida's largest Medicaid insurer has announced it will leave the state's controversial Medicaid Reform program because government-set reimbursement rates are too low. WellCare of Florida's 78,000 Medicaid Reform clients will still receive state-paid health services but through another health plan, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration.
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