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Repeal and replace? Not so fast

The numbers are in, and our readers tell us they deeply dislike President Obama’s health care overhaul, the Affordable Care Act.

Northwest Florida Daily News

Hooper: Gun control talk is cheap, mental health talk is not

The gun control debate rises anew after another mass shooting, but mental health treatment should receive the same critical attention, maybe more.

Tampa Bay Times

Maxwell: Nemours Children's Hospital: Lifesaver that almost didn't exist

A $400 million complex, boasting cutting-edge technology and nationally renowned researchers, with one goal: help sick children.

Orlando Sentinel

Counties get a break from state

It was sweet vindication for counties this month when a review of disputed Medicaid bills found they had been overcharged $200 million by the state.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Closer look at emergency services needed

If $130,000 is going to be spent on a private consultant, the least that taxpayers ought to expect is a thorough review of all of the options.

Tampa Bay Times

VA medical center keeps losing credibility

The episode merely adds to Haley's record of failing to give straight answers and tarnishing its public image.

Tampa Bay Times

Lee County AIDS testing is making headway

There is good news concerning the fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

Gasparilla Gazette

A tax for a 24/7 Marco clinic

Marco Island City Council believes islanders want an extra level of health care protection at night.

Naples Daily News

Medicaid Charges to Counties: Cuts Help, But Solve Problem

Florida counties have long argued that the state was overcharging them for Medicaid reimbursements.

Lakeland Ledger

Cerabino: Ex-pot smuggler looking to fire up local seniors about medical marijuana

I’ve been trying to imagine what living in South Florida would be like if retirees threw away their pills and started smoking pot instead.

Palm Beach Post

Schultz:: TB or not TB? Why Florida acted recklessly on outbreak

Why is the Scott administration trying to act as though a tuberculosis outbreak in Florida is no big deal?

Palm Beach Post

Not so fast, Gov. Scott

Gov. Rick Scott’s oh-so-quick dismissal of the opportunity to provide healthcare to more Floridians under Medicaid should not be the last word.

Miami Herald

Marston: Rick Scott’s Strange Health Math

Gov. Rick Scott ordered the Florida Department of Health to create a system to score and rank the county health department in each of the 67 counties.

Lakeland Ledger

More Manatee County funding for indigent mental health care

A mental health care crisis confronts Manatee County. Indigent patients,

Bradenton Herald

Minimal TB outreach was a bad policy

State and local officials are scrambling in Jacksonville to deal with what may be the largest outbreak of tuberculosis in the U.S. in 20 years.

Florida Times-Union

Blumner: Medicare for you, nothing for me — really?

It was depressing to pick up my Tampa Bay Times the other morning to read: "Most Floridians still oppose federal Affordable Care Act.

Tampa Bay Times

Gantt: Health care for the sick and tired

Now that President Obama has beaten back opposition to his Affordable Health Care Act, it his road to reelection victory may be on Easy Street!