Amendment 1, also known as the Florida Health Care Amendment, was proposed by the Florida Legislature, not by Floridas citizens. The Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida urges a NO vote on Amendment 1.
Amendment 1, a proposed amendment to the Florida state Constitution, is all about freedom and liberty: the freedom to make your own decisions about your own health care, and the liberty to refuse any government forcing you into its system.
Sunshine State voters will have the chance to weigh in on 11 proposed constitutional amendments when they head to the polls in November. The first of these ballot measures might well be the most controversial, as it asks: Should Floridians be forced to purchase health insurance?
Make a habit of feeding alligators and you'd better never stop. If you do, they're going to get a little angry and try to eatyou.
Apair of unions went to court late Friday in an effort to block plans to privatize inmate health-care services in state prisons.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Federation of Physicians and Dentists/Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees filed suit in the 1st District Court of Appeal against Corrections Secretary Ken Tucker, saying he doesn't have authority on his own to allow private companies to handle health-care services.
Facing a well-funded Republican opponent with no extra help from his own party, Democrat Jim Roach has taken on what many consider a quixotic quest to represent the residents of Congressional District 19 in Southwest Florida.
A decorated Vietnam veteran and former GM engineer, the 60-year-old underdog says he understands the odds but still thinks he's got a shot to become the next congressman for the residents of the Republican stronghold district in Collier and Lee counties.
In Libya, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three colleagues were murdered Tuesday. Earlier that day, protesters in Egypt stormed the U.S. embassy and tore down the American flag.
In the minds of most Americans, the word poverty may conjure up Dickensian images straight out of "Oliver Twist": lack of access to food, water, shelter and clothing, and basic medical care. But one of the nations leading authorities on poverty and welfare reform insists this just isnt the case.
Most of the 46.2 million persons classified as poor by the federal government live quite comfortably, he says.
