Jim Nathan, president and chief executive officer of the Lee Memorial Health System, speaks out against the state enrolling Medicaid patients into for-profit managed care plans during a public meeting at the Joseph D'Alessandro Building in Fort Myers on Friday, June 17, 2011. At public meetings throughout the state the agency sought public input on legislation passed this spring to move three million Medicaid patients statewide into managed care plans to save millions in dollars. Critics say patients will lose access, quality care and more by the move. David Albers/Staff

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Jim Nathan, president and chief executive officer of the Lee Memorial Health System, speaks out against the state enrolling Medicaid patients into for-profit managed care plans during a public meeting at the Joseph D'Alessandro Building in Fort Myers on Friday, June 17, 2011. At public meetings throughout the state the agency sought public input on legislation passed this spring to move three million Medicaid patients statewide into managed care plans to save millions in dollars. Critics say patients will lose access, quality care and more by the move. David Albers/Staff

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