Gray RohrerMarch 7, 2023
4min0
'We are working with lawmakers this Legislative Session to secure more weapons to fight the deadly opioid crisis.'
Tag: HB 1037Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are steamed by Houthi rebel fighters. Image via AP.
Gray RohrerMarch 7, 2023
Peter SchorschMay 1, 2017
5min327
After suffering a significant setback last week in the Eyeball Wars, optometrists may be mounting a last-ditch effort to get their bill rolling in the House. When will this bad bill just die? It has long past time to put an end to the Eyeball Wars in 2017, perhaps for good. Last week, HB 1037 […]
A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2017
2min400
A bill seeking to expand what optometrists could do — namely, performing surgery and prescribing opiates — was an agenda item in the Florida House Health and Human Services Committee Thursday. However, the bill at the center of Florida’s Eyeball Wars went unheard. HB 1037, sponsored by Rep. Manny Diaz, barely cleared Health and Human Services […]
Phil AmmannApril 18, 2017
Eyeball Wars rage as dozens of medical groups oppose optometrists, claiming ‘serious threat’ to care
6min577
A growing number of medical professionals have joined forces in a wave of disapproval of optometrists in Florida’s “Eyeball Wars,” which is now making way through Tallahassee. HB 1037, which seeks to allow optometrists to perform surgery and prescribe opiates, among other things, now sits on the agenda of the House Health & Human Services […]