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| Prison health care contract to cost Florida another $34 million |
| By tampabay.com- Mary Ellen Klas |
| Published: 02/25/2016 |
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TALLAHASSEE — The abrupt cancellation of a prison health care contract for 82,000 Florida inmates will cost taxpayers $34 million more next year but may result in better oversight and higher quality care, a top state prison official told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday. Department of Corrections Chief of Staff Stacy Arias told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Civil and Criminal Justice that the decision by Corizon Health to cancel its $1.2 billion contract to provide medical care to state prison inmates three years early forced the agency to sign a new compact that will cost the state more money. Arias was asked to explain the agency's decision to replace Corizon with a two-year $268 million contract with Centurion Florida, a health care company with deep political connections. The department has drawn a lawsuit from Wexford Health, another politically-connected company, which accuses FDC of violating the state procurement process when it approved the bid. Read More. |
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