Florida has shut down its implementation of the health care reform law as a result of a decision early last week by a Pensacola federal judge declaring the law unconstitutional.
Kevin McCarty, state insurance commissioner, said at a meeting last Tuesday that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act "is not now in effect in Florida" in the wake of Judge Roger Vinson's Monday decision.
Mr. McCarty said he is temporarily suspending an application for a waiver/adjustment from new health insurance medical loss ratios.
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