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Associated PressJanuary 16, 2015

Florida health officials and lawmakers are facing a quandary over how to replace the likely annual loss of $1.3 billion in federal funds which compensate hospitals and providers that care for large numbers of uninsured and Medicaid patients. The state has known for some time that the so-called low-income pool funding will likely end in […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2015

Eliminate the corporate income tax and end all tax subsidies and exemptions. Do not expand Medicaid. And continue to offer up school choice. Oh, and examine and eliminate “burdensome regulations and licensing laws.” If that’s a modest prescription for what the Florida Legislature should do when it convenes in March, then so be it. The fact […]

Associated PressJanuary 14, 2015

Nearly 1.2 million Floridians have signed up for health insurance through the federal marketplace so far under the Affordable Care Act. Federal health officials said Wednesday that figure also includes some of the nearly 1 million that signed up last year who are renewing their insurance this year, as well as first time enrollees. The […]

Marc YachtJanuary 13, 2015

A Vermont protest during the inauguration of Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin received little media attention. The Vermont Worker’s Center sit-in resulted in 29 protester arrests. They took issue with Shumlin shelving his campaign promise to pursue single-payer health care for Vermont. The VW Center advocates health care as a right. Although the Affordable Care Act […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 2, 2015

Floridians looking for health insurance to comply with the Affordable Care Act, will soon have a new alternative to the federal Healtcare.gov marketplace to shop for reasonably priced plans online. Florida Health Choices is launching its own online marketplace, where residents can shop, compare and enroll in plans for essential health benefits, including doctors’ appointments, […]

Marc YachtDecember 31, 2014

In spite of massive conservative efforts to derail the Affordable Care Act, the train continues to lumber down the track. The Washington Post writes that at least 7.1 million people thus far have enrolled in 2015 health plans. Somewhat short of projected enrollment with many states such as Florida instituting effective sign-up obstacles, the plan […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 16, 2014

Attention, knee-jerk opponents of Obamacare: Be careful what you wish for. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the King vs. Burwell case in March 2015. It pits some sloppy statutory language in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) about who is or isn’t eligible for subsidies, against the obvious intent to offer subsidies to all uninsured […]

Guest AuthorDecember 1, 2014

I see these groups everywhere I go in Florida. They take over tables in restaurants for breakfast or lunch, muttering here, laughing there, flirting with waitresses a third their age. I’m talking about those gangs known as ROMEOs — Retired Old Men Eating Out. Their membership varies widely — ex-business tycoons sit with former ditch-diggers, […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 13, 2014

Unconvinced by Florida Election 2014 number crunching and tea leaf reading, both before and after Nov. 4’s Democratic doomsday? Me too. Of course, that’s not to say I haven’t been poring over plenty of it. But just as I wouldn’t give numbers undue weight in pre-election analysis, neither will I pin sweeping Democratic defeat on […]

Guest AuthorOctober 7, 2014

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is the reincarnation of Richard Nixon. “Tricky Dick,” the 37th U.S. president, was a walking thesaurus of negatives: imperious, secretive, draconian, paranoid, duplicitous, underhanded, and insincere — for starters. The committee formed to re-elect him — and that got him into Watergate trouble that led to his resignation — aptly went […]

Tag: Affordable Care Act

How will Florida compensate for lost federal hospital funds?

Americans for Prosperity unveils its modest agenda for 2015 legislative session

Feds: 1.2 million Floridians signed up for health insurance

Marc Yacht: Vermont protesters right to back single-payer health care

Florida Health Choices to launch Health Insurance Marketplace on Monday

Marc Yacht: A happy new year for the Affordable Care Act

Daniel Tilson: Beware of what would replace Obamacare

Mark O’Brien: O ROMEO, ROMEO, quit whining

Daniel Tilson: Running campaigns ‘by the numbers’ doesn’t add up for Florida Democrats

Stephen Goldstein: Florida’s Richard Nixon: “Tricky” Rick Scott