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Guest AuthorJuly 31, 2018

While the idea of a “Medicare for All” health care system may sound appealing to Floridians in theory, I fully recognize that the only legitimate path to improving our broken health care system in the immediate future is to amend the already existing legislation known as the Affordable Care Act. Democrats and Republicans should be […]

Guest AuthorJuly 25, 2018

Florida’s economy continues breaking records. Just a few days ago Florida’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) topped $1 trillion, the chief economist with the Florida Chamber Foundation announced. This means that if Florida was an independent country, our $1 trillion economy would rank us as the 17th largest economy in the world and ahead of countries […]

Guest AuthorJuly 24, 2018

As a nurse in Florida, I had a front-row seat to the positives and negatives of the Affordable Care Act (or ACA). Prior to the ACA, I saw young people kicked off their parent’s insurance, rendering them unable to afford health insurance. Prior to the ACA, I witnessed far too many Floridians unable to get […]

Guest AuthorJuly 23, 2018

In a health crisis, individuals turn to hospital emergency rooms across Florida to stabilize an escalating medical condition. Individuals impacted by mental illness require the same access to emergency care. People in crisis, their families, and law enforcement need a trusted resource to provide immediate care designed to assess and treat. The National Institute of […]

Guest AuthorJuly 12, 2018

As an advocate for health coverage, I value the progress America has made in recent years. We’ve opened up health insurance to more Floridians, and health plans are welcoming all types of patients and ensuring they obtain great care. These are trends we must entrench and enhance. Leading the ACA enrollment program for the Epilepsy […]

Guest AuthorJuly 10, 2018

The Trump administration’s refusal to defend the pre-existing condition exclusion and the ACA provision that insurance companies cannot charge more based on a person’s health status, makes you realize once what is at stake. In February, 20 state attorneys general, including Florida, filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas, claiming that when […]

Guest AuthorJuly 9, 2018

This cycle, our firm has worked with dozens of Republican campaigns from Cabinet positions to Congress. One advantage of our workload has been an opportunity to see the results of dozens of polls and focus groups conducted by several national and Florida-based research firms. Without sharing specifics on data, campaigns or researchers, I want to […]

Guest AuthorJuly 4, 2018

As the July 4 midweek holiday arrives, Sachs Media Group’s Breakthrough Research Division wanted to look on the brighter side of our independence-declaring holiday — and by that, we mean fireworks, of course! Specifically, we consulted the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) to look at the volume of recorded injuries involving fireworks in the […]

Guest AuthorJune 30, 2018

There is a term in the Florida Administrative Procedure Act for when a state agency goes rogue and refuses to follow a legislative statute: “an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority.” There are other terms for it, but I prefer the plainest: flaunting the law. If it’s a high-profile agency (no names, please), the legislature […]

Guest AuthorJune 29, 2018

It’s another hot Florida summer and as a mother of five children, that means spending time running them from one summer camp to the next, and spending lots of time in the car. As I drive around, the one thing that stands out is the number of people who are texting or paying more attention […]

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Family members appear behind a pile of debris outside their home in Steinhatchee, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm Thursday night. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

Ashley-Britt Hanson: Avoid unnecessary risks on health care — keep fixing the ACA

Will Weatherford: $1 trillion economy means opportunity for Florida, but challenges remain

Brenda Mattson: No reason to scrap the ACA. Improve it.

Joseph F. Rutherford: Refocusing efforts to improve Florida’s mental health system

Islara Souto: Patient protections and health care access must be defended

Louisa McQueeney: We have to protect ACA, pre-existing condition fix

Joe Clements: The ‘big picture’ predictions on Election 2018

Hold my beer and watch this! July 4th fireworks light up ER

Bob Holladay: The Department of Education is flaunting the law

Jackie Toledo: Enough is enough — put down the phone