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Christine Jordan SextonOctober 23, 2014

After a moratorium that lasted more than a decade, it appears that there is a rush in Florida to open new nursing homes. State health care regulators this week received 137 letters from companies that are vying to operate new nursing homes that offer 3,115 beds for patients beginning in 2017 as well as a […]

Daniel TilsonOctober 20, 2014

Anti-government, anti-Obama, anti-Democratic Party, hardcore conservative voters no doubt constitute a majority of the 4.1 million or so registered Republicans in Florida. But they’re a minority of the state electorate overall, representing maybe a third of 12 million registered voters statewide. Nonetheless, Democrats and independents who comprise the large majority of voters repeatedly let these […]

Guest AuthorOctober 15, 2014

For too long, politics have guided our state’s direction on the expansion of health care coverage. The economic benefits of using federal funds to cover approximately 1 million more Floridians have largely been brushed aside. It’s time we start looking at what the expansion of health care coverage means for the people of Florida, the […]

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 […]

Gary FineoutSeptember 30, 2014

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been crossing the state this past week, vowing at campaign stops that if he’s re-elected he will enact another $1 billion in tax cuts over the next two years. Scott has said he can enact the tax cuts as well as boost spending on education and pay for new projects […]

Gary FineoutSeptember 30, 2014

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been crossing the state this past week, vowing at campaign stops that if he’s re-elected he will enact another $1 billion in tax cuts over the next two years. Scott has said he can enact the tax cuts as well as boost spending on education and pay for new projects […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 7, 2014

Eventually Floridians will look back at today’s politicians and say, “What were they thinking? What were they smoking?” I’m talking about Florida’s refusal to accept millions of dollars in federal Medicaid money that would have improved life for thousands of people. Forget about the way the Rabid Republicans spurned the money because Uncle Sam would […]

Guest AuthorAugust 4, 2014

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The state is not doing its job to protect consumers from health insurance rate hikes. After passing up billions of dollars from the federal government for the state to expand Medicaid, Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled Legislature callously enacted a new law that, in essence, prevents the state’s insurance commissioner from regulating health insurance […]

Marc YachtAugust 4, 2014

I recently attended the Florida Medical Association annual meeting, where the organization develops policies for the coming year. The legislative agenda is drafted and approved. FMA delegates from the specialty groups and county medical societies will vote on each resolution coming before the House. FMA lobbyists will then bring approved policy to Florida’s legislators and […]

Guest AuthorJuly 6, 2014

Driving across Alabama the other day, I heard a political candidate on the car radio proudly declaring that, if elected, he will oppose Obamacare. Really, Alabama? You’re a state that’s above average in only two ways – college football and payments from Uncle Sam. Alabama is No. 11 when it comes to total federal spending […]

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End of nursing home moratorium sparks big interest, money and possible legal challenges

Daniel Tilson: Florida needs its ‘unlikely voters’ to restore majority rule

Kim Williams: State needs to take federal money to expand health care

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

State may not have enough money for Rick Scott's plans

State may not have enough money for Rick Scott’s plans

Mark O’Brien: Conservatives wrong to oppose Medicaid expansion in Florida

Bill Nelson: Florida GOP to blame for health insurance rate hikes

Marc Yacht: Florida Medical Association supports expansion of Medicaid

Mark O’Brien: Nation’s sad new motto: Yes, we can’t