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The new head of the Florida budget panel for criminal and civil justice is giving his fellow members some homework. “Over the break, visit a prison of…
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Protecting sensitive medical records from hackers, licensing out-of-state doctors, policing Medicaid fraud. Those are just a few issues Florida’s…
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Florida lawmakers have been weighing how to regulate telemedicine—generating debate between doctors’ groups and other healthcare providers. The House has…
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Under the federal health law states have the option to expand their Medicaid programs to include more low-income people. A million more Floridians are…
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Florida lawmakers continue to grapple with how best to serve the state’s uninsured population. The group is estimated to be nearly four million, and the…
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The Florida House has reinforced its decision not to accept any federal funding to extend health insurance coverage to people who would have otherwise…
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Reactions to a house plan expanding health insurance coverage to an additional 115,000 uninsured Floridians is getting the cold shoulder from Governor…
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Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford and Representative Richard Corcoran have crafted an alternative to the Federal Medicaid Expansion under the…
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A “Plan C” alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health law is now moving through the Senate. The proposal by Republican Senator Aaron Bean,…
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Florida lawmakers rejected an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act but are coming up with alternatives.Republicans…