Capitol Chatter: April 13

In government vs. government,
it's taxpayer vs. self
Florida counties are not happy with the state's decision to attempt to collect nearly $300 million in Medicaid payments from the counties.

So unhappy, in fact, that they may head to court over it.

The Legislature voted to require counties to pay 85% of unpaid Medicaid bills during the next five years that the state said are owed. The counties have claimed that the state's billing system is full of errors. Gov. Rick Scott said all the sides agreed that claims should be paid and that the state would work to make sure each paid claim is valid.