A recommendation tucked into Gov. Rick Scott's proposed budget could help Jackson Health System avoid a $40 million budget cut. Scott wants to repeal the so-called "hospital tiering" law set to take effect later this year. Under the controversial policy, counties that use local dollars to attract federal matching funds for healthcare would have to share the money with counties that don't raise local funds. Hospitals like Jackson that serve a large number of poor and uninsured patients say the new funding formula would cost them millions.
