PolitiFact | Will Weatherford

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State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is Florida's Speaker of the House for 2013-14.

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Will Weatherford
stated on February 27, 2014 in an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times":

About half the people who would qualify for Medicaid expansion in Florida "can buy a health care plan for $30 a month" on the federal health care exchange.

By Steve Contorno • March 7, 2014
Will Weatherford
stated on September 10, 2013 in at Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon:

"One out of every three students currently today is ready for college before they go there."

By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2013
Will Weatherford
stated on July 17, 2013 in a letter to Education Commissioner Tony Bennett:

New school testing standards "will consume approximately twenty days of testing for elementary, middle and high school students."

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • July 22, 2013
Will Weatherford
stated on May 9, 2013 in an op-ed:

"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."

By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2013
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2013 in a Board of Governors meeting:

"The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.

By Katie Sanders • April 3, 2013

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