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For the first time in 23 years, Florida ended its regular session without a state budget, prompting legislators to reconvene - starting Monday -- to finish work. But the opening day of the three-week special session is also the official opening of the hurricane season -- and the health care debate that sidetracked the state's $80B budget debate continues to spawn political storms. (Klas, 5/30)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Friday said that it has not signed off on the proposal by Gov. Rick Scott to rely on local governments and safety net hospitals to drawn down money for the uninsured and raised concerns about the impact of the change on communities -- like Miami -- that provide the bulk of the funding for the low-income pool. (Klas, 5/29)

Two of the biggest opponents of Medicaid expansion in Montana are going to be members of the panel that oversees it. Gov. Steve Bullock and legislative leaders released Friday their picks for a nine-member Medicaid expansion committee. GOP leaders picked two vociferous opponents of the measure, Bozeman Rep. Art Wittich and Bigfork Sen. Bob Keenan, to represent the conservative caucus. "We won't be sitting in the committee meetings with pom-poms," Keenan said. (Noon, 5/29)

Minnesota’s Medicaid rolls have soared past the 1 million mark for the first time, driven by two years of explosive growth in government insurance programs in the wake of federal health reform. (Howatt, 5/31)