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health insurance companies; health inurance reform; single payer; health rationing by insurance companies
Florida Republican files a bill to make annual skin cancer screening free
The bill would require health insurance policies to cover annual skin cancer screenings performed by dermatologists.
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KidCare health insurance premiums are covered in Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Pasco, Hernando and other Idalia counties
Florida Healthy Kids will cover the costs of September premiums for KidCare health insurance in 16 counties affected by Hurricane Idalia.
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Medicaid enrollment continues declining in Florida
Enrollment in Florida’s Medicaid program dropped again in August -- this time by more than 105,000 people.
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Education, Civic Engagement in the Sunshine State
Kimbery Brown-Blunt visits the Forum to announce an important Legislative Education Forum to discuss empowering communities through education, justice and civic engagement. Panelist will include...
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‘We can’t sit and do nothing’: Despite challenges Floridians are are still fighting for access to health care
Allison Holmes says there are more than 22,000 on a waitlist for Florida’s home-and community-based Medicaid waiver program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities....
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The Scoop: Wed., September 13, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Polk County man killed Polk County deputies shot and killed a man last night on Westside Ridge Blvd in the city of Auburndale. After 55-year-old...
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Tuesday night, members of the Pinellas County Medical Association met at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg where two doctors debated health care reform and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Dr. David McKalip...
