News & Public Affairs
Healthcare for aging Latinos top priority for some non-profits and elected officials listen
04/09/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, Janet Cruz, healthcare, Affordable Care Act, Latinos, Latin Americans
The national Latino population is rapidly growing, especially in the Tampa Bay area. But that group is also one of the most likely to be either uninsured or under-insured. Some studies have found that aging Latinos are also at a higher risk of some major medical conditions than white Americans. Florida State Representative Janet Cruz outlined some of those problems at an event in Town N Country this morning.
Be the first to comment“Six percent of Hispanic adults in the United States and Puerto Rico have been...
Some doctors, government officials and activists say new health care reform law could create jobs and lower health care costs listen
12/14/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: healthcare, Darden Rice, health care reform
The new health care law that fully goes into effect in 2014 has been challenged in several states, including Florida. Decision makers informed the community, small business owners and health care advocates about the benefits of health care reform at a Health and Human Services roundtable held in St. Petersburg on December 14.
The organizer of the event was Darden Rice with KnowYour Care, a national organization tha...
Be the first to commentPushback against Florida's decision not to implement parts of new federal healthcare law listen
11/08/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, healthcare, healthcare insurance, health insurance, health care reform
Florida has put off implementing some provisions of the Affordable Care Act set to take effect in 2014. But a local non-profit wants residents to know how those provisions could provide expanded healthcare options for Floridians.
In a letter to cabinet officials and agency leaders, Florida House Speaker...
Be the first to commentImmigrant children may be less likely to get Florida KidCare under new rules listen
10/18/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health care, child care, Children's issues, healthcare, Health, Medicaid, KidCare
A recent federal law is helping more undocumented immigrant children get access to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. When the CHIP Reauthorization Act renewed the program in 2009, 20 states did away with a rule that required immigrant children to wait 5 years after entering the US before they would be eligible for KidCare.
[Flori...
Be the first to commentMcCollum Linked to WellCare Case - Attorney listen
10/05/10 Kimberly VlachWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: WellCare, fraud, McCollum, healthcare, Medicaid
The attorney representing the main whistleblower in the Federal civil lawsuit against WellCare Health Plans has filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court, asking to bar Attorney General Bill McCollum from making any decisions on the proposed $137.5 million settlement. Why? They say McCollum failed to investigate more than $400 million in fraud against Florida’s Medicaid program due to a "conflict of interest."
"We’d sit in this room and think about the leadership’s bonuses…and we’d ...
Be the first to commentPBS Newshour's spotlight city tour rolls into St Petersburg to focus on the changing media landscape listen
04/13/10 Tom BaurWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Media, Public broadcasting system, national public radio, corporation for public broadcasting, healthcare, journalism
Newspapers are laying-off reporters. More people are going online to find their news. WMNF’s Tom Baur reports from St Petersburg where a panel of experts discussed “The Changing Media Landscape.”
As part of a five city two year national tour PBS Newshour hosted a forum today at the Poynter Institute for Interactive Media in St Petersburg. Their news anchor Gwen Ifill moderated a panel of local media newsmakers co-hosted by [WEDU](www.wedu.or...
Be the first to commentKathy Castor breaks ground on new healthcare clinic listen
02/22/10 Concetta DeLucoWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: kathy castor, healthcare, healthcare reform, public option, recovery and reinvestment act
More healthcare options are coming to the Tampa Bay area. This morning, US Congresswoman Kathy Castor broke ground on a new health clinic that will be coming to East Tampa.
The new 15,000 sq. foot community healthcare center will be located on the corner of N. 22nd Street and Osborne Avenue in East Tampa. Charles Bottoms is the CEO of Tampa Family Health Centers, the non-profit organization that instituted the creation of the medical clinic. He said the new center will offer diverse healt...
Be the first to commentWorld AIDS Day 20th anniversary recognized at USF listen
12/01/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: HIV, AIDS, USF, healthcare, medical research
For the past 20 years, the World Health Organization has designated Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day. It was observed in several locations around the Tampa Bay area today, including at the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus where researchers are studying a microbicide that could be used to battle HIV infection.
Patricia Emmanuel is professor of Pediatrics at USF. Along with investigat...
Be the first to commentFamily planning and reproductive health discussion
07/19/08 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Reproductive health, healthcare
Discussion of reproductive choice available for poor women with Mary Jane Gallagher of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Center.
Be the first to commentForum addresses healthcare gap listen
05/12/08 Jamie KidderWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: race, healthcare
Last week in St. Petersburg, a community forum was held to discuss strategies for eliminating the healthcare gap between blacks and whites. Author and lawyer Vernellia Randall was the keynote speaker.
Randall is a law professor at the Dayton School of Law in Ohio and the author of Dying While Black, a book that examines the healthcare crisis among minorities in America. She spoke on Friday at a community forum at the James P. Sanderlin community center in St. Petersburg about what she ca...
Be the first to comment