June 8, 2015 - 2:00am
Let's Push Past Medicaid Expansion, Florida, Let's Do Better
June 7, 2015 - 10:00pm
Rejecting Medicaid expansion as bad policy was the right decision for Florida. Frankly, it's the right decision for the other 20 red-state holdouts, too.
Now the Sunshine State can get on with finding a real solution to helping its locked-out citizens in need of health care. It can become a national model in melding innovation and compassion without -- please, God -- firing an order to Washington to print more money.
Let's look a little more closely at the nation's fiscal predicament.
Medicaid Expansion Supporters Will Find the Road Ahead Gets Even Tougher
June 7, 2015 - 11:30am
The Florida House drove the stake through the heart of Medicaid expansion on Friday but Andy Gardiner and his crew in the Senate had to take their chances. Things will only get harder for them in the months to come.
Steve Crisafulli and Richard Corcoran held the line in the House. Even if Democrats pick up a few seats next year, Corcoran should preside over enough of a Republican majority to continue to ensure Medicaid expansion goes nowhere.
American Pharaoh Started in Florida
June 7, 2015 - 9:30am
American Pharaoh, who became the first horse in 37 years to win thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown, spent his early training days at Florida's McKathan Brothers Training Center near Ocala.
The Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (FHBPA) staked the Sunshine State's claim soon after the colt's acclaimed victory in the 148th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday evening.
Groups Across Florida React to House's Rejection of Medicaid Expansion
June 6, 2015 - 9:15am
With the Florida House rejecting Medicaid expansion on Friday at the close of the first week of a special session, groups across the Sunshine State reacted to the vote.
House Tax-Cut Package Sails Through
June 5, 2015 - 8:45pm
In the wake of a near-four-hour debate and rejection of the Senate Medicaid expansion alternative, the House on Friday approved its scaled-back, 18-item tax-cut package. The vote was 97-10.
Lawmakers were forced to cut Finance and Tax Chair Matt Gaetz's work to cover health-care costs in the overall budget. The bill now offers a savings of $273.2 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1, increasing to $436 million the following year.
Gaetz rattled off reductions included in HB 33A:
Medicaid Expansion Dead in Florida for 2015
June 5, 2015 - 8:15pm
In the likely final act of one of the most divisive legislative debates in years, the Florida House voted decisively Friday to reject a proposal that would have used federal Medicaid expansion money to help lower-income Floridians purchase private health insurance.
On a 72-41 vote nearly along party lines, the House defeated the bill (SB 2A) creating the Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange, or FHIX, after a grueling discussion that lasted almost seven hours. Four Republicans crossed party lines to vote with Democrats.
Are We In for Another High-Crime Era After the Response to Ferguson and Baltimore?
June 6, 2015 - 7:00am
Are we seeing a reversal of the 20-year decline in violent crime in America? A new nationwide crime wave?
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June 6, 2015 - 2:00am
Vern Buchanan: OPM Breach Shows Cyber Attacks a 'Clear and Present Danger'
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 5, 2015 - 3:21pm
With reports that U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was breached by hackers who stole the personal information of millions of federal employees, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., weighed in and took a shot at China where the attack is believed to have originated.
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