BEWARE...MEDICAID'S LIKELY NEXT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting this morning that Medicaid reform is near the top of the list for Jeb! and his buddies in Tallahassee for the upcoming legislative session.

They're being very quiet about possible changes, so that can't mean anything good for the state's poor and elderly who benefit from the program. My guess: Deductions and co-pays for those reciepiants on the higher end of the income spectrum, plus longer waiting lists for certain speciality services.

I realize that Medicaid needs some serious reform; after all, it takes up 25 percent of all state spending. But it's time to think about the citizens who benefit, not the insurance companies/HMOs who gobble up much of those funds.