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A.G. GancarskiDecember 13, 2018

Year over year, fewer people are signing up for Affordable Care Act protections, a trend solidifying ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 799,118 Floridians enrolled in December. That number is down from 802,711 the previous year. The spread is even starker when national numbers are rolled […]

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

Senate President Bill Galvano said if incoming Gov. Ron DeSantis can flex his connection to President Donald Trump to land Florida a Medicaid block grant, the state could expand health insurance for the working poor. As reported by Alexandra Glorioso of POLITICO Florida, Galvano isn’t aiming for a repeat of 2015, when the state Senate […]

Phil AmmannNovember 14, 2018

A veteran of one of Florida’s most influential policy groups is going national. Chris Hudson, state director for Americans For Prosperity-Florida, will now become AFP’s vice president of State Government Affairs. Hudson has been the group’s top Florida operative since 2014. Skylar Zander, AFP-FL’s deputy director and chief legislative architect will become interim state director. […]

Ryan NicolNovember 3, 2018

Republican congressional candidate Maria Elvira Salazar says a recent mailer from a left-leaning group contains lies about her health care stance. Now, Salazar wants the Internal Revenue Service to review it. Salazar is competing with Democratic candidate Donna Shalala in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. The Miami Herald reported on a news conference held by Salazar […]

Ryan NicolOctober 31, 2018

Ahead of President Donald Trump‘s Halloween visit to Florida later in the day, Florida Democrats warned voters not to get “tricked” regarding the GOP’s record before next week’s midterm election. Democratic U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor, Ted Deutch and Val Demings spoke to reporters Wednesday, highlighting what they see as flaws in Republicans’ agenda during the 115th […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2018

“Elections have consequences.” That was the message of an ebullient Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, who in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood Tuesday messaged against Republican health care policies at Edward Waters College. Nelson spoke to media after a roundtable event in which he and other speakers discussed the need for health coverage. At the heart of […]

Ryan NicolOctober 23, 2018

Lauren Baer, the Democratic congressional candidate in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, is out with a new ad accusing her Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, of ignoring the concerns of the district. Baer’s ad features three supporters spotlighted in previous campaign ads. The new spot, titled “Listen,” contains new commentary from those supporters about why they […]

Scott PowersOctober 23, 2018

After being hammered on the campaign trail about mixed messages regarding health care coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions, Gov. Rick Scott is releasing a new Republican U.S. Senate television commercial Tuesday declaring emphatically that he supports such coverage, and that for him it’s very personal. Meanwhile, Democrats are releasing their own commercial on […]

Scott PowersOctober 18, 2018

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ripped his Republican challenger Gov. Rick Scott Thursday for not supporting the Affordable Care Act or Medicaid expansion and then blamed Scott’s environmental policies for exacerbating red tides to the point they now menace as far north as Brevard County. Nelson made the attacks during a roundtable discussion in Orlando […]

Ryan NicolOctober 16, 2018

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has released a new ad hitting U.S. Rep. Brian Mast on his vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) last year. Mast, the Republican incumbent in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, is attempting to defend his seat against Democratic challenger Lauren Baer. The DCCC’s new 30-second spot, titled “Down Here,” […]

Tag: Affordable Care Act

NO-bamacare? Affordable Care Act signups down, activists fret

Bill Galvano says Florida could insure working poor with Medicaid block grant

Personnel note: Chris Hudson moves up to AFP national post

Maria Elvira Salazar files IRS complaint over health care mailer

Florida Democrats on GOP: Voters shouldn’t be ‘tricked’

‘Election year conversion’: Bill Nelson on Rick Scott’s health coverage stance

Lauren Baer promises to ‘listen’ to voters in new ad

In dueling ads Rick Scott, Democrats battle to define him on pre-existing conditions

Bill Nelson rips Rick Scott on health care, red tides

New DCCC ad on health care: ‘We can’t afford Brian Mast’