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Jim RosicaJune 8, 2016

The Florida Supreme Court took a look at the high cost of lawyering on Wednesday. The justices considered a change to the rules governing the state’s attorneys on how they can get paid. Specifically at issue are “the legal needs of people who win settlements in personal injury or wrongful death cases but then find […]

Guest AuthorApril 11, 2016

Given our graying population and rising sea levels, Florida should be the role model for managing old people and coping with flooding backyards. We aren’t, though in fairness to Florida, neither is any other state. Americans — outside of deep-thinking tank people — don’t talk about what the heck we are going to do with […]

Diane RobertsMarch 22, 2016

So the other jackboot has dropped: Rick Scott endorsed his Soul Brother but only after that big Florida Primary win. Scott signaled his man-crush back in January, writing breathlessly for USA TODAY that Herr Drumpf reminds him of, well, him: rich, an “outsider,” a business hombre incensed over “endless and tedious regulation and taxation.” You know, […]

Diane RobertsMarch 21, 2016

So the other jackboot has dropped: Rick Scott endorsed his Soul Brother but only after that big Florida Primary win. Scott signaled his man-crush back in January, writing breathlessly for USA Today that Herr Drumpf reminds him of, well, him: rich, an “outsider,” a business hombre incensed over “endless and tedious regulation and taxation.” You […]

Diane RobertsFebruary 24, 2016

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE — This is what the Florida Constitution says, right up top, Article I, Section 1: All political power is inherent in the people. I’m guessing most Florida legislators have never read it. Either that or they don’t give a good goddamn. For the second year in a row, they are misappropriating — stealing, […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 1, 2016

An important member of Congress had a simple prescription for what ails health care in America: “Medicare for everyone.” “Everyone is in Medicare now,” he said. “Some of us get it. Others pay.” The year was 1991, and had it been Bernie Sanders saying that, nobody would have paid attention. He was a House freshman […]

Martin DyckmanJanuary 31, 2016

An important member of Congress had a simple prescription for what ails health care in America: “Medicare for everyone.” “Everyone is in Medicare now,” he said. “Some of us get it. Others pay.” The year was 1991, and had it been Bernie Sanders saying that, nobody would have paid attention. He was a House freshman […]

Associated PressJanuary 8, 2016

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says she was wrong to urge Medicare to pay for high-priced and unnecessary drug screening tests from a company being investigated for defrauding Florida Medicaid of millions. Bondi told The Palm Beach Post in an email Friday that she never should have issued a 2014 letter to the Centers for Medicare […]

Jim RosicaDecember 21, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott has tapped Dr. Fernando Valverde for the Board of Governors of the State University System, the Governor’s Office has said in a news release. In 2010, Valverde was a member on Scott’s Health and Human Services Transition Team, tasked with brainstorming ideas for reform at the state’s Department of Health. Valverde, 56, of Miami, has […]

Guest AuthorNovember 30, 2015

Underneath the candidate smears that are so much a part of local and national politics, there are a number of critical issues that leave both Republicans and Democrats too far apart. Party posturing aside there is substance to both sides of each concern but an inability for friendly if not effective bipartisan discussion. The elephants […]

Tag: Medicare

Justices consider change to lawyer-pay rules

Linda Cunningham: Old people need a plan for ‘when it’s time’

Diane Roberts: Florida GOP voters don’t want to think, they just want to believe

Diane Roberts: Florida GOP voters don’t want to think, they just want to believe

Diane Roberts: Legislators are stealing the money meant to protect the environment

Martin Dyckman: A vote for Bernie Sanders is a vote for idealism, courage, candor

Martin Dyckman: A vote for Bernie Sanders is a vote for idealism, courage, candor

Pam Bondi says supporting company being investigated was mistake

Fernando Valverde picked for State University System’s Board of Governors

Dr. Marc J. Yacht: The elephants in the room