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Bruce RitchieMarch 26, 2015

U. S. Sen. Bill Nelson is speaking out against policies that would prohibit government employees from discussing climate change, and offered a budget amendment Thursday to prevent federal legislation from doing so. “We have all read news reports at the state level, the local level, maybe even at the federal level,” Nelson said. “Indeed some […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

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With a Republican governor and overwhelmingly GOP-led Legislature, Florida is being well served by its legislators in Tallahassee, right? Not exactly. A new Public Policy Polling survey released Thursday shows that 58 percent of Florida voters want Medicaid expansion. Independents support it by 57 percent, while there is a 12-point difference among Republicans (33/45). Despite […]

Guest AuthorMarch 26, 2015

The uncertain future of Medicaid financing has received much attention during the past few weeks of the Legislative Session. Adding to that uncertainty is an unhealthy dose of speculation and misinformation about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and federal reliability. As chairman of the Florida Senate’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Appropriations […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 26, 2015

Time ran short Thursday before the Senate Children and Families Committee could weigh in on whether to approve Samuel P. Verghese as Secretary of the State Department of Elder Affairs. Verghese, a New Jersey transplant, began his testimony by telling the committee that being secretary is about “serving others.” “Plain and simple, it’s about public […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

I wrote several stories regarding polls in Florida on Wednesday, and in one of those stories I wrote briefly about Marco Rubio‘s plan to replace Obamacare. As we all know, the GOP has been castigated for being nattering nabobs of negativism (to trot out that golden oldie written by Pat Buchanan and uttered by Spiro […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

I wrote several stories regarding polls in Florida on Wednesday, and in one of those stories I wrote briefly about Marco Rubio‘s plan to replace Obamacare. As we all know, the GOP has been castigated for being nattering nabobs of negativism (to trot out that golden oldie written by Pat Buchanan and uttered by Spiro […]

Phil AmmannMarch 26, 2015

On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced 11 appointments to a variety of state regulatory boards, as well as two on state judicial benches. Ninth Judicial Circuit Court Scott began the latest wave by appointing Patricia Strowbridge to the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court. Strowbridge, 54, of Windermere, has been Legal Services Director for A Chosen Child, Inc. […]

Phil AmmannMarch 25, 2015

To bring much-needed pain relief to Floridians who suffer from a variety of ailments, medical marijuana supporters must first navigate a “snake pit” of state politics, according to Bill Day‘s latest editorial cartoon. Let’s hope Florida residents will not be the ones to get bit. The Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act, signed by Gov. Rick Scott […]

Phil AmmannMarch 25, 2015

To bring much-needed pain relief to Floridians who suffer from a variety of ailments, medical marijuana supporters must first navigate a “snake pit” of state politics, according to Bill Day‘s latest editorial cartoon. Let’s hope Florida residents will not be the ones to get bit. The Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act, signed by Gov. Rick Scott […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 25, 2015

While they are far apart on Medicaid funding, both the House and Senate budgets have money enough to fund more residency slots to train physicians to help abate a looming shortfall in specialties such as psychiatry, general surgery, thoracic surgery and rheumatology. The House budget appropriates nearly $3.8 million in total funds for graduate medical […]

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Bill Nelson takes stand against muzzling scientists on climate change

New survey: Most Floridians like Medicaid expansion, medical marijuana, same-sex marriage

Rene Garcia: State’s healthcare funding faces critical questions

Senate Elder Affairs panel delays vote on new secretary’s OK

Mitch Perry Report for 3.26.15 — How viable is Rubio’s plan to replace the ACA?

Mitch Perry Report for 3.26.15 — How viable is Rubio's plan to replace the ACA?

Gov. Rick Scott names 11 to state boards, two judicial bench appointments

Bill Day's latest: Charlotte's Web and the political snake pit

Bill Day’s latest: Charlotte’s Web and the political snake pit

House, Senate budgets take baby steps to funding additional doctors’ residencies