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 »
Florida Health Advocates Speak Out about Possible Cuts to the Medicaid Disability Program and in Favor of Medicaid Expansion
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Advice from AARP on how to plan for long-term elder care
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Using a Navigator to Sign up for the ACA Might Save You Money
The ACA might especially be helpful for those people whose incomes are between the poverty level and 400% above the poverty level.
Community Gardens on the Sustainable Living Program
On Monday’s Sustainable Living Program our topics were community gardens how cities can transform their corporate dependent food supply systems to local, people friendly, city grown systems. Our guests were panelists on the upcoming Bridge Tampa Foundation’s forum and film about Edible Cities. The Bridge is a local non-profit Foundation that connects community and ecology…. Read more »
Rallies to support medical cannabis across Florida Wednesday
In 2016, Florida voters added to the state constitution the right for many patients to use medical cannabis, but the implementation has been shaky and court rulings are on hold; supporters of medical marijuana have three rallies planned across the state Wednesday. Gary Stein is an advocate and he produces the broadcast Cannafight Tonight, which… Read more »
New book on how to recover from bipolar illness
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 »
Find out where your kids can get free meals this summer
During the school year, many kids who don’t get enough to eat at home can get free or reduced-price lunches at school. But where do they turn during the summer months? Well, you can find dozens of locations across the Tampa Bay region free meals and snacks are handed out this summer by plugging your… Read more »
Florida is suing opioid manufacturers and distributors
The State of Florida is suing opioid manufacturers and distributors for what Attorney General Pam Bondi says could end up being billions of dollars. Bondi made the announcement Tuesday afternoon at an addiction recovery center in Tampa. She says she’s suing for damage over the opioid epidemic like other states, but she wishes she could… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, May 10 – MAPS executive director Rick Doblin
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 »
MidPoint for Thursday, Feb 22 – Chris King and Tanja Vidovic
We discussed the demand among Democrats in Florida for gun-control measures in the wake of last week’s massacre in Parkland at the top of the show with Chris King, the 39-year-old Winter Park businessman who is running for the Democratic nomination for governor. King helped pay for buses carrying teenagers from Orlando and St. Petersburg… Read more »
How Florida law discourages people from learning their HIV status
The virus that causes AIDS is spreading in Florida faster than in any other state; so you’d think lawmakers would encourage people to get tested and know their HIV status. But Alejandro Acosta, the HIV Advocacy Project coordinator for Equality Florida, tells WMNF News that state laws may actually encourage people to not get tested…. Read more »
A Business Owner Says Single Payer, Medicare For All Is the Answer to the Nation’s Health Insurance Crisis
Radioactivity Wednesday 10 25 17. Welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity, I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— a successful business owner in Pennsylvania is convinced that the answer to our health insurance problem is single payer — a Medicare for all system in the US. Later we’ll find out why a leading conservative is quitting the US Senate…. Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, Sept. 28 – health care reporter Jay Kaiser & Steve Almond,author of “Against Football”
Everyone wants to cut drug prices, so why isn’t that happening on Capitol Hill? Kaiser Health News reporter Jay Kaiser came on MidPoint for the first portion of the show and discussed why there are multiple bills in Congress to reduce the price of prescription drugs, yet nothing is happening. We then move on to… Read more »
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Women’s Show – Jessica Mason Pieklo on Women’s Health; Arnie Arnesen’s “Attitude”
Score one for the little people… all your protests and Indivisible groups demanding to be heard by your senators has paid off… We have beaten back the latest version of TrumpCare. Celebrate, but do not assume this is the last chapter. Mitch McConnell has already suggested repeal only and Trump is keen on that. So… Read more »
Tampa groups urge a “no” vote on Trumpcare
Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have delayed a vote on their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a “Trumpcare” bill that cuts Medicaid and reduces taxes; in a press conference Wednesday morning in West Tampa, a number of groups came together to oppose Republican plan. An advocate for the AIDS Healthcare… Read more »
