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Sarasota News Leader September 20, 2013 save millions of dollars," said Caitlyn Miller, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida grassroots outreach manager, who argued the move would grant 641,000 women in Florida vital healthcare access. "Every dollar spent on publicly funded family planning saves taxpayers six dollars in Medicaid spending alone." Sarasota Memorial Chief Operating Officer David Verinder said Florida sits at a "critical decision point." Page 37 Verinder, like others, said the hospital would support either expanding Medicaid or a Negron-style proposal. No one from the delegation specifically commented on the decision the Legislature will face over ObamaCare, but state Rep. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, who was absent Wednesday, has said in the past he thinks the issue will reemerge during this fall's committee hearings. The delegation, which was also lacking Republican state Rep. Greg Steube on Wednesday, did grow vocal over one proposal floated by the City of Sarasota: to revisit the state's controversial Stand Your Ground law. "We have the opportunity to access $50 billion in federal funds over many years to extend care," he pointed out. "We hope you will con- The measure, approved in 2005, says a citisider this vital issue again this year." zen "has no duty to retreat" and allows one A City Commission request regarding the Stand Your Ground law has become controversial. Photo by Norman Schimmel