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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 14, 2016

Two organizations are teaming up to take a swing at Marco Rubio over Social Security. Senate Majority PAC and AFSCME PEOPLE released a new ad campaign Wednesday highlighting Rubio’s position on Medicare and Social Security. The 30-second spot is meant to point out Rubio’s calls for cuts to Social Security and votes to privatize Medicare, […]

Associated PressMarch 10, 2016

Life insurance companies will have to annually check to see if policyholders have died and then try to track down beneficiaries under a bill going to Gov. Rick Scott. The Senate unanimously passed the bill Thursday after the House did the same earlier this week. The measure (SB 966) would also require insurance companies to […]

Phil AmmannDecember 9, 2015

Quietly, with little fanfare, Marco Rubio has single-handedly shaken the foundation of the Affordable Care Act, putting President Barack Obama’s signature health care law into question. First reported by Robert Pear of The New York Times, the Florida senator and presidential candidate last year slipped in a little-noticed provision into a massive spending bill, which […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 29, 2015

As the dysfunctional 2015 regular legislative session continued on Wednesday with the Florida Senate threatening to sue the House for its abrupt sine die, Gov. Rick Scott floated to the media details about the hospital and health care commission he plans on convening. Scott released a draft outline of the commission that shows he plans […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 8, 2015

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Florida’s leading physician lobby released its 2015 legislative wish list during the first committee week of the year, and has made keeping “insurance company and government bureaucrats” from getting interfering with the patient physician relationship its top priority. In addition to insurance and Medicaid-related proposals, the physicians have included a four-pronged telemedicine initiative (which includes […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 8, 2015

Florida’s leading physician lobby released its 2015 legislative wish list during the first committee week of the year, and has made keeping “insurance company and government bureaucrats” from getting interfering with the patient physician relationship its top priority. In addition to insurance and Medicaid-related proposals, the physicians have included a four-pronged telemedicine initiative (which includes […]

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Senate Majority PAC, AFSCME PEOPLE launch ad campaign hitting Marco Rubio over Social Security

Bill forces insurance companies to track down beneficiaries

With little fanfare, Marco Rubio single-handedly sabotages Affordable Care Act

Rick Scott releases plan to examine hospitals’, insurance companies’ profits

FMA targets “Insurance company and government bureaucrats” in 2015 wish list

FMA targets "Insurance company and government bureaucrats" in 2015 wish list