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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 […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerApril 11, 2018

When the National Journal ranked the relative conservative-to-liberal leanings of the members of Congress, No. 218 was Pennsylvania’s Rep. Jason Altmire. He was the man in the middle. After being elected to three terms in the state’s 4th District, he’s now-former Rep. Altmire, serving between 2007 and 2013. Altmire wrote a book about his experiences, […]

Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2018

Declaring that Republican leadership in Tallahassee has “transformed Florida into a petri dish of experimentation for the NRA” and “utterly failed to address public health and mental health care,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King said Friday he would fight the gun lobby, veto their bills, and seek to expand coverage and ban assault weapons. The […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 25, 2018

A Democratic push to expand affordable health care coverage in Florida has a unique selling point: it could save the state more than $500 million. At a news conference on Thursday, Rep. Lori Berman, a Lantana Democrat, said a resolution she’s sponsoring to expand Medicaid coverage would significantly cut costs from other health spending areas […]

Mitch PerryDecember 12, 2017

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As one of only five Democrats on the joint Senate-House Tax Conference committee charged with reconciling the two GOP-passed bills, Kathy Castor is the only representative from Florida. And like most members of her party, Castor has serious objections about the legislation, as detailed in a new letter to Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the conference committee chair. “The tax […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2017

With just four days left before the 2018 Affordable Care Act sign-up deadline, the Tampa Bay area’s two Democrats — Charlie Crist and Kathy Castor — met Monday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Tampa to get the word out before they head back to Washington. “Time is short,” said Castor, repeating her frustration that […]

Scott PowersDecember 7, 2017

Three South Florida congressional districts represented by Republicans would be among the hardest-hit in the country according to a new report assessing how many people would lose or drop health care coverage if the final tax reform bill in Congress includes the U.S. Senate’s provision to repeal the individual coverage mandate in Obamacare. A report […]

Jim RosicaDecember 7, 2017

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In what is likely a dead-on-arrival proposal, two South Florida lawmakers said they will push for a legislatively-initiated state constitutional amendment approving Medicaid expansion in Florida. Sen. Annette Taddeo of Miami and Rep. Lori Berman of Lantana, both Democrats, announced their resolutions (SJR 1136 and HJR 911) at Thursday press conference in the Capitol. “The resolutions will put before the […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2017

Even as President Donald Trump and many Congressional Republicans seek to scuttle the Affordable Care Act, Democratic Gubernatorial hopeful Gwen Graham asserts that Medicaid expansion is the way forward for Florida. “Medicaid expansion is critical to our state. As governor, I will work with the Legislature to expand health care — and if they won’t, I will […]

Danny McAuliffeNovember 7, 2017

The virtual gubernatorial debate stage/soapbox rekindled Tuesday, marking the second time an unannounced, yet highly anticipated candidate took to the Twittersphere to shake things up. In a tweet Tuesday morning, House Speaker Richard Corcoran criticized Miami Beach Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Phillip Levine after it was reported he purchased a statewide, five-week, six-figure ad buy encouraging enrollment in Obamacare. […]

Tag: Affordable Care Act

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

Former congressman Jason Altmire says, today, it’s hard to be a centrist

Chris King releases post-Parkland proposal to address mental illness, ban guns

Medicaid expansion could save state $500M, lawmaker says

Kathy Castor offers a list of objections to GOP tax bill

Charlie Crist, Kathy Castor call for Obamacare sign-ups as deadline looms

Report says loss of health care mandate would hit South, Central Florida hard

Annette Taddeo, Lori Berman press for Medicaid expansion by ballot

Gwen Graham throws down gauntlet on Medicaid expansion

Richard Corcoran, Phillip Levine swap Twitter jabs