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Staff ReportsApril 21, 2015

According to a new poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation, more Americans like President Barack Obama‘s signature health care legislation than dislike it. By a narrow margin — 43 percent in favor versus 42 against, with the margin undecided or unsure — a plurality of U.S. citizens say they view the law favorably for the first […]

Mitch PerryApril 20, 2015

All the heavyweights for the GOP presidential 2016 race were in Nashua, New Hampshire this weekend — Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. While those six men are always mentioned when it comes to “serious” contenders, more that a dozen other men — and one woman — who […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 14, 2015

The federal government on Tuesday sent a letter Deputy Medicaid Director Justin Senior saying that expanding Medicaid to low income uninsured Floridians is a better use of tax dollars than establishing Medicaid supplemental spending formulas such as the Low Income Pool. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Director Vikki Wachino said in the letter […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 9, 2015

Senate Appropriations Chairman Tom Lee said Thursday night he’s beginning to plan how to bring the 2o15 Session in for a landing if lawmakers can’t resolve the budget impasse between the House and Senate. Lee said the chambers must reach an accord by “the middle of next week or thereabouts and then we are out […]

Daniel TilsonApril 9, 2015

Sometimes, it’s painful being right. You see, Gov. Scott this week publicly confirmed he’s opposed to ensuring affordable access to health insurance and healthcare for all Floridians. Again. With ultra-conservative Republicans in the Florida House still blocking the Senate from using Obamacare funding to insure more than 800,000 Floridians — thereby stopping 3-6 people from […]

Marc YachtApril 8, 2015

Healthcare inequities are costing American lives, increasing disabilities, and bankrupting families forced to choose between healthcare and essentials. Obamacare covers 16 million but an additional 32 million remain unprotected. Although insurer abuses such as cherry picking, pre-existing conditions, denials and rate gouging are being addressed, exorbitant administrative costs and high premiums continue. America’s healthcare problems […]

Guest AuthorApril 6, 2015

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is, in the words often attributed to Einstein, the definition of insanity. Unfortunately for Floridians, so too are the calls today to expand our state’s Medicaid system under the Affordable Care Act. After decades of failed reforms, this $450 billion federal health care […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 6, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday reversed his position on Medicaid expansion again as he announced he will not support providing access to health care for 800,000 uninsured Floridians as called for under the federal health care law. After Florida Politics reported the governor’s office would not answer questions on Medicaid expansion Friday his office […]

Peter SchorschMarch 26, 2015

While declaring himself a candidate for U.S. president at the self-proclaimed “largest Christian university in the world,” Ted Cruz said he would not just overturn Obamacare, but would repeal “every word” of it. Every. Last. Word. And then a few hours later – seriously, less than a day – we learned that U.S. Sen. Cruz […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

I wrote several stories regarding polls in Florida on Wednesday, and in one of those stories I wrote briefly about Marco Rubio‘s plan to replace Obamacare. As we all know, the GOP has been castigated for being nattering nabobs of negativism (to trot out that golden oldie written by Pat Buchanan and uttered by Spiro […]

Tag: Affordable Care Act

For first time since 2012 majority of Americans support Affordable Care Act, says Kaiser poll

Mitch Perry: What happened in New Hampshire this weekend

Feds to Florida: Medicaid expansion is better use of tax dollars

Tom Lee says he’s planning how to bring bumpy Session in for a landing

Daniel Tilson: Don't get fooled again by Rick Scott's trick plays on health reform

Marc Yacht: Obamacare helps, but it isn't enough

Chris Hudson: An alternative to Medicaid expansion

Rick Scott reverses course, opposes Medicaid expansion

Peter Schorsch: Ted Cruz is NOT the real hypocrite

Mitch Perry Report for 3.26.15 — How viable is Rubio’s plan to replace the ACA?

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