The national death toll related to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States is just surpassing 100,000, and several progressive activist organizations are pushing the state to provide more financial relief instead of reopening too soon. Three hearses were flanked by a about dozen other cars guiding a funeral procession through Tampa. They attached body… Read more »
The epidemics of polio and COVID19 Empty beaches, hollow pools, abandoned and quiet streets. Bans on gatherings. Fear layering daily activities with hesitation, and loss. While the Spanish Flu of 1918 is evoked by the onset of the latest coronavirus, another epidemic lingers in memory. Polio ravaged children and adults in the first half of… Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 02/13/20 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll hear what President Trump is proposing in his new budget to do with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. But first… Read more » Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 01/22/20 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Later in the program we’ll talk about the debate that began yesterday over impeaching President Trump. But first— Access to health care in… Read more » Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Follow this link and select 01/03/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—we’ll discuss the assassination last night of Iraq’s top military leader and the prospects for a wider military conflict in the Middle East…. Read more » Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/13/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity, I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about access to Medical insurance—under the Affordable Care Act. Florida saw record numbers sign up last year for Obamcare…. Read more » Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/06/19 from the drop down menu: Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, I’m Rob Lorei and this is Radioactivity. Medicaid is health coverage set up to protect our most vulnerable citizens at any stage in their lives. 73 million people around… Read more » Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 08/15/19 from the drop down menu Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—we’ll answer your questions about Social Security. When is the best age to retire? Will Social Security be here in twenty years? What if I am paid… Read more » This week more than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 1384, which would enact the Medicare for All Act of 2019. Independent Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is expected to introduce a companion bill in the U.S. Senate. But until a single-payer system like that is enacted, the U.S…. Read more » Smoke it? A medical pot idea tough for the Florida Legislature to swallow. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Legislature to rescind a ban on smokable medical marijuana, but it might not be so easy. DeSantis wants a new law by mid-March that will end a ban on smokable medical marijuana… Read more » The first thing you discover when entering the dazzling, Radiant Masterworks By Jean Schlumberger From The Mellon Collection at The Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, Florida is the beautifully designed exhibition manages to compliment the precious objects perfectly. All too often, displays of intricate artworks are overwhelmed by grandiose staging or maudlin, somber, eerily cold… Read more » The ACA might especially be helpful for those people whose incomes are between the poverty level and 400% above the poverty level. Congressional Democrats from Florida are highlighting what they call “stark differences” between their policies and Republicans when it comes to issues like taxes, wages, infrastructure and health insurance; during a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Tampa-area Congress member Kathy Castor referenced President Trump’s appearance in Ft. Myers. “Donald Trump’s coming to Florida here on Halloween… Read more » Florida is part of a lawsuit by more than a dozen other Republican-led states to chip away at the Affordable Care Act by challenging its requirement for insurance companies to cover people with preexisting medical conditions; during a press conference in downtown Tampa Thursday morning organized by the liberal group For Our Future Florida healthcare… Read more » Did you ever feel that you were at the fulcrum point of a seesaw? Do you look back and try to address and understand that which you should have done, or do you move forward, not sure what you are working with and hope to come to a balance? VERY IMPORTANT ELECTIONS coming up August… Read more » This month there have been two high-profile Americans to die from suicide, drawing attention to suicide prevention and treatment of mental health issues. Wednesday evening in Tampa an author will talk about how to recover from one illness that sometimes results in suicide. WMNF News spoke with Michael Rose about his new book called Bipolar… Read more » Rick Doblin is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a nonprofit and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana. Recently, the results of a pioneering U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy… Read more » Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. ACORN was once the largest political movement of low and moderate income people in the US- but it was destroyed by an attack- from conservative media. We’ll look at the history of ACORN this morning and hear from its founder Wade Rathke who will be in St…. Read more » A new report put out by progressive organizations finds that many low- and middle-income Floridians will be harmed by the one-two punch of the new federal tax law and the recently signed state budget. In a conference call with reporters today, Debbie King with Organize Florida warned that the Trump tax cuts will likely lead… Read more » Oregon House OKs health care as a right, funding questioned By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Legislature took a step Tuesday toward enshrining the right to health care in the state Constitution, a move that would be unprecedented in the United States but raises serious funding questions. The House of Representatives’ 35-25… Read more »
President Trump Proposes Cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
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Deadline to Sign Up For the Affordable Health Care Act is December 15; Premiums Expected to Remain Flat or Decline Slightly
Florida Health Advocates Speak Out about Possible Cuts to the Medicaid Disability Program and in Favor of Medicaid Expansion
Senior Policy Analyst for National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Answers Questions From The Public
Nonprofit works to end medical debt in the U.S.
Smokable medical marijuana ban might get overturned by Florida legislature
Jewels. Genes. Gifted. on Life Elsewhere
Using a Navigator to Sign up for the ACA Might Save You Money
Florida Dems highlight “stark differences” from GOP
Activists slam Rick Scott for preexisting conditions lawsuit
Women’s Show 7/26: Arnie Arnesen; Title X; Judge Kavanagh
New book on how to recover from bipolar illness
MidPoint for Thursday, May 10 – MAPS executive director Rick Doblin
ACORN Founder Wade Rathke Subject of New Film The Organizer Talks About Community Organizing
Federal tax cuts and state budget will harm most Floridians: Report
Oregon’s House of Representatives approves a bill declaring health care a right
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