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Wrong incentives
Obamacare has changed those incentives by artificially increasing the cost of labor.
Panama City News Herald
Scott right to be wary of Medicaid expansion
Tallahassee officials are talking with federal officials about expanding Medicaid, let's hope they don't break the Florida budget in the process.
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Addiction treatment shouldn't succumb to NIMBY logic
Finally, Hernando County residents fighting drug addiction will have a place closer to home to get help.
Hernando Times
Think pink during month of October
Did you see the recent Pink Paper issue of the Chronicle? We print the special edition each year to draw attention to the fight against breast cancer.
Citrus County Chronicle
State should pay for prescription drug database
The state needs to give the database a stable source of money.
Palm Beach Post
Lives will be lost if state lets drug database die
The state can pay a little now, or pay dearly later in lives lost.
Orlando Sentinel
State needs broad ban on sale of bath salts, fake pot
The faux bath salts and incense can mimic drugs such as cocaine and LSD — dangerous stuff, especially for kids.
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Is proposed Indian River County School District health clinic a good investment?
The Indian River County School Board nears a decision to establish a free health clinic for school district employees, retirees and dependents.
Treasure Coast Palm
Fund the drug database
Unreasonable restrictions on the funding of Florida's prescription drug database threaten to act like a poison pill.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Breast cancer awareness is not enough
We are all great at gestures of support; I would just like us to start backing up those words with our actions.
FSU Flambeau
Think pink
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we're betting you've never seen it done like this. Tallahassee is painting the town pink.
Tallahassee Democrat
Empty promises
The St. Andrew clinic — and the indigent population it serves — may pay a steep price for the county’s failure.
Panama City News Herald
Drug database must be funded
Gov. Scott should fulfill his primary duty as governor and put Floridians' lives at the top of his agenda.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Hopes high for end to an era of discord
It’s been three long, nasty years of feuding for control of Citrus Memorial hospital.
Citrus County Chronicle
Interest in Bert Fish good news for SE Volusia
In the wake of a report that Bert Fish Medical Center could have as many as 31 potential suitors, residents should feel reassured.
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Batten: Dissecting a healthy choice on health insurance
Ultimately, the taxpayers will, in some form, continue to help the most vulnerable members of society obtain health care.
Naples Daily News
Who will care about making the health care law work?
Predictions about how government actions will affect health care often are wrong.
Palm Beach Post

Letter To The Editor

Commercializing breast cancer

In Florida, about 2,200 women die every year of breast cancer, but the reality is that three times more women (6,400) die of lung cancer and 15...

Ocala Star Banner
Rep. Vern Buchanan distorts details of Affordable Care Act

 

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Bradenton Herald
Poor location for medical merger

While potentially advantageous for...

Tampa Bay Times
Ensuring our kids are healthy

That there are 54,209...

Tampa Tribune

Op Ed

Being a woman ended her health coverage

Since when did being a woman and being...

Tampa Bay Times
A call to arms on Florida's HIV epidemic

Our patients face multiple roadblocks to getting tested for HIV. Showing up at the hospital or doctor’s office should not be another one.

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Florida Times-Union
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

If you are a parent like me, and you are ready to discuss these issues with your son or daughter, it’s important that you have the best resources...

Gainesville Sun
Romney-Ryan plan would put Medicare into death spiral

Don’t be fooled by Rep. Ryan’s earnest appeals that the over-55 set have nothing to fear: Everyone should worry about what the Ryan plan would...

Palm Beach Post
Science offers new hope in mental health

Treatment is effective, and people do recover.

Tallahassee Democrat
Legalized Marijuana's Medical Uses Are a Smokescreen for Most

Colorado legalized...

Lakeland Ledger
Cost of Cuts to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Back-to-School With Severe Allergies: Keeping Children Safe
Replacing Our Broken Medical Liability System
Vital Vaccines Made Easy
Florida's Hyper-Aggressive Medical Culture
Thurston: Florida Needs Health Reform
Docs vs Glocks, an Embarrassment to Florida Legislators
Gov. Rick Scott: Medicaid Expansion is Bad for States
Response to TB Outbreak Defines Florida's Culture
Over 5,000 Lives a Year Could Be Saved in Florida
More Flexibility at AA Might Better Help Today's Addicts
Gov. Scott, Help Us Access Health Care Insurance
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What does the presidential debate over Medicare’s future mean for Florida recipients?
Is Gov. Rick Scott right to reject Florida's participation in expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act?
Should Florida require motorcyclists to wear helmets?
What is your reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling on the health-care reform law, and what should happen now?
Should Florida patients be asked to submit medical malpractice claims to arbitration?
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Why Reasonable People Should Fear Government-Run Health Care
Dear Lance: "Enough is Enough," So Please Shut Up
Overheated Rhetoric and Charges Obscure Truth About Entitlements
Medicare Vouchers Would Shatter Safety Net
No Matter His Weight, Pill Pusher Deserved Prison

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