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Ryan NicolSeptember 10, 2018

The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) is out with a new campaign hitting Republican gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis on his long-running opposition to the Affordable Care Act. The FDP released a new video titled “DeSantisCare,” as well as a new website looking to highlight DeSantis’ health care record. We reached out to the […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 4, 2018

A new series of ads from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee knock U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo on his vote last year to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The 30-second ads depict two fictional letters addressed to Curbelo. The first spot, titled “Open Letter,” imagines a health care executive thanking Curbelo for increasing his company’s profits at […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2018

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Rick Scott is launching a new television commercial accusing his opponent, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, of voting to cut Medicare when he voted for the Affordable Care Act. The 30-second spot, “Unfair,” will be playing on television and in digital internet advertising. It charges Nelson with supporting Medicare cuts […]

Ryan NicolJuly 23, 2018

Liberal action group Floridians for a Fair Shake is out to “correct” a health care mailer sent by incumbent U.S. Rep. Brian Mast. Mast is a Republican representing Florida’s 18th Congressional District. He recently sent the mailer to voters, touting his record on health care since his election to Congress in 2016. Not surprisingly, the […]

Drew WilsonJune 28, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is in Washington raising money for his U.S. Senate campaign, and the Florida Democratic Party says now is as good a time as any to confront Donald Trump for his attacks on health care protections for people with pre-existing conditions. “According to recent estimates, 7,810,300 Floridians have pre-existing conditions. Those are 7,810,300 […]

Scott PowersJune 18, 2018

In a statement released by his U.S. Senate campaign, Republican Gov. Rick Scott insisted that he continues to support the requirement that health insurers not discriminate against people with pre-existing medical conditions. The statement puts Scott at odds with the apparent strategy of President Donald Trump, whose Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated in recent court […]

Scott PowersMay 29, 2018

Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson sat with a room full of public health officials Tuesday morning who declared that Florida is suffering through a crisis of health-care access and he put the blame squarely on his Republican rival in this year’s election, Gov. Rick Scott. Nelson, holding a roundtable on health care in Orlando […]

Ryan NicolMay 15, 2018

A new ad by liberal advocacy group “Floridians for a Fair Shake” has taken aim at Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast and his vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The ad, titled “Richest,” focuses on the effect the repeal would have had on older Americans, allowing them to be charged up to five times […]

Ryan NicolMay 4, 2018

One year after the House of Representatives voted to repeal Obamacare, Democrats are hoping their base doesn’t forget. With the 2018 midterms just six months away, the Florida Democratic Party released an ad hammering Republicans on their handling of health care. Though the bill ultimately failed in the Senate, the Democrats still plan to use […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 2, 2018

Anyone who follows the news knows that opioid abuse and drug deaths are a national problem; 63,000 Americans die of drug overdoses in 2016, an increase of 21 percent over 2015. Opioid deaths in Florida increased to 5,725 in 2016, a 35 percent increase over the previous year. It is important to remember that opioid […]

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Florida Democrats hit ‘right-wing extremist’ Ron DeSantis on health care

‘Goodbye, Congressman’: Democrats’ ads hammer Carlos Curbelo on health care

Rick Scott ad accuses Bill Nelson of cutting Medicare when he voted for Obamacare

Health care advocacy group seeks to ‘correct’ Brian Mast mailer

Florida Democrats call on Rick Scott to stand up to Donald Trump

Rick Scott rebuts charges that he’d favor removal of pre-existing conditions coverage

Bill Nelson says Rick Scott to blame for ‘Florida health care crisis’

New ad targets Brian Mast’s vote to repeal Obamacare

Florida Democrats take aim at GOP on anniversary of Obamacare repeal vote

Darryl Paulson: The forgotten voices in the opioid debate

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