By Tia Mitchell, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Sunday, February 10, 2013
TALLAHASSEE — Florida businesses small, medium and big alike are trying to make sense of the new health care law and what it means for their bottom line.
It's no different for Florida's biggest employer, the state of Florida.
Though Gov. Rick Scott fought the law since its infancy and Attorney General Pam Bondi took the matter all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Florida lawmakers are now awkwardly having to comply with key provisions of the health care law — including offering health insurance to thousands of additional state workers.
"The budget we proposed includes the mandatory portions of the president's new health care law, which means the state needed to provide coverage for state employees or pay a per-employee penalty to the federal government," said Melissa Sellers, the governor's spokeswoman.
How the state ...
