Guest AuthorApril 4, 2019
6min440
"This is a legitimate health crisis!"
Tag: Health and Human ServicesMike Johnson. Image via AP.
Guest AuthorApril 4, 2019
Ryan NicolOctober 10, 2018
4min562
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is making pre-emptive requests to several federal agencies, asking for help while Hurricane Michael moves through the state. Michael is currently a Category 4 storm. The Florida Panhandle is already feeling its effects as it moves in from the Gulf Coast. Rubio sent three separate letters to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, […]
Ryan NicolJune 28, 2018
4min408
After repeated questioning by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and others, the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General has announced an investigation of the agency’s handling of migrant children separated from parents at the border. The investigation will focus on shelters run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, an office within HHS. “We will […]
Ryan NicolJune 26, 2018
6min313
Bill Nelson has been asking questions since last week about the 70 migrant children housed at a Homestead facility after being separated from their parents. On Tuesday, he was able to get some answers during an interview with Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. The conversation, which took place during a Senate Finance […]
Jim RosicaMarch 1, 2018
2min292
A line-item to fund veterans workforce training wasn’t zeroed out, state Sen. Anitere Flores said Thursday. The apparent move raised eyebrows among some watchers of the Health and Human Services budget conference. Both chambers seemed to agree on $1 million in the 2018-19 state budget. “We’re just changing the funding source,” she told Florida Politics. “We […]
Associated PressSeptember 27, 2017
9min230
Relatives helped Maribel Valentin Espino find shelter when Hurricane Maria roared through her community in northern Puerto Rico. Neighbors formed volunteer brigades to cut fallen trees and clear twisty mountain roads after the storm had passed. Now, friends and a local cattle ranch provide the water they need to survive in the tropical heat. Valentin […]
Joe HendersonJanuary 6, 2017
6min245
I have a friend who has owned a small restaurant in Tampa for decades. He voted for Donald Trump for two important reasons: Trump isn’t Hillary Clinton, and he hates Obamacare. Let me rephrase that: He doesn’t like Hillary, but he loathes Obamacare with unyielding venom. Keeping up with its requirements, he said, has been […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2016
8min213
Florida may be resistant to the charms of the Affordable Care Act on a governmental level, but hospitals such as Jacksonville’s Brooks Rehabilitation benefit from certain components of the ACA: specifically, bundled payments. Much focus has been given to the dysfunctions of the ACA. But Tuesday in Jacksonville, health care providers painted a rosy picture […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 12, 2016
3min374
Gov. Rick Scott is calling on federal officials to help Florida prepare for the spread of Zika. Scott met with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell on Wednesday morning. In a statement after the meeting, Scott said he met with Burwell to “relay requests that state agencies need from the federal government.” Those requests, […]
Associated PressMay 9, 2015
6min183
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a longtime opponent of “Obamacare,” made a startling announcement shortly after his mother’s death, going on TV two years ago to explain that he had dropped his objections to President Barack Obama‘s health care overhaul. The Republican governor, a former hospital executive who entered politics running TV ads against the Affordable […]