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Peter SchorschDecember 14, 2017

The Florida Medical Association is teaming up with a Sunrise-based tech company to help patients better understand the cost of medical care by swiping a card after an appointment. The deal, announced Thursday, gives FMA doctors access to “ezVerify,” a software platform from Automated HealthCare Solutions that promises to identify patient-specific health insurance information in […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2017

The Florida Health Care Association (FHCA), a nursing home industry trade association, recently attacked my proposed “Resident’s Bill of Rights” amendment to the state constitution saying that it does not belong there, that it “weakens protections for residents,” and that it is “glaringly bad.” Unfortunately, they offered nothing in the way of evidence to support these claims and […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2017

Washington Democrats have begun an early attack on Republican members of Congress who voted for the American Health Care Act, with a Facebook ad campaigning targeting a those in a handful in relatively competitive districts, including five in Florida. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this week is launching Facebook ads against U.S. Reps. Ron DeSantis […]

Guest AuthorAugust 23, 2017

In the current debate over health care, employers, unions, and government programs all agree on the need to provide prescription drug coverage at lower costs while increasing the quality and clinical value of pharmacy benefits. That’s why the companies and public programs providing prescription drug coverage hire pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. Through their expertise […]

Guest AuthorJuly 27, 2017

As national controversies continue to swirl, most Floridians I meet are focused on the issues that matter most to their family’s well-being: health care, the economy and public education. They’re concerned about whether they will still have access to health care as they struggle to make ends meet. They keep asking me: Why isn’t health […]

Guest AuthorJuly 14, 2017

Ed. Note: Gov. Rick Scott‘s office sent the following op-ed regarding “the national healthcare debate.” I recently traveled to D.C. to fight for Florida as the U.S. Senate debated repealing and replacing Obamacare. For far too long, D.C. politicians have focused only on the grand bargain of repealing and replacing Obamacare, ignoring the opportunity to make […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 10, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott said federal lawmakers need to keep their word, and continue their efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. “They can’t stop,” said Scott following a stop in Fort Myers on Monday. “They all promised they were going to repeal and replace Obamacare, and they got to do it.” The Naples […]

Associated PressJune 29, 2017

It was a platform most politicians can only hope for: A captivated, 6,000-person crowd and more than an hour of live, prime-time television coverage to hype the Republican vision for a new health care system. But when President Donald Trump got around to talking about the Republican plan — about 15 minutes into his speech — he […]

Associated PressJune 27, 2017

In a bruising setback, Senate Republican leaders are delaying a vote on their prized health care bill until after the July 4 recess, forced to retreat by a GOP rebellion that left them lacking enough votes to even begin debating the legislation, two sources said Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered the message to […]

Jim RosicaJune 27, 2017

Former Congresswoman and now Democratic candidate for governor Gwen Graham on Tuesday rapped the U.S. Senate’s proposed Obamacare replacement, saying “if you get quality health care, you can have a miracle.” Graham, speaking to reporters in the state Capitol, was referring to her husband’s recent cancer remission. Steve Hurm was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer […]

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FMA using new software to boost healthcare cost transparency for patients

Brecht Heuchan: FHCA ‘wrong on all’ counts

Democrats hit Congressional Republicans on health care on Facebook

Ed Pezalla: Pharmacy benefit manager are meeting challenge in reducing Rx costs, improving clinical quality

Andrew Gillum: Florida must take reins on health care, opioid crises

Rick Scott: DC needs to start rewarding efficiency, not inefficiency

Rick Scott on GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare: ‘They can’t stop’

GOP ponders whether Donald Trump helps sell health care

Facing defections, Senate GOP leaders delay health care vote

Gwen Graham: ‘Health care is a right’