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Lawmakers give financial support to drug database
The Tampa TribuneTAMPA - For the first time since its creation, Florida's prescription drug monitoring program is getting support from the state Legislature. The show of approval comes in the form of a $500,000 appropriation by lawmakers, enough money to keep the...Tags: Tampa, Pain, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Hydrocodone (drug)
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The Miami Herald Fred Grimm column
Miami HeraldOceana is a misnomer, a small town at the confluence of the Clear Fork and Laurel Fork rivers in the mountains of southern West Virginia, some 400 miles from the nearest ocean. Lately, locals have given it a more accurate appellation. They call it Oxyana....Tags: The Miami Herald, Theft, Movies, TriBeCa Film Festival, Epidemics and Plagues
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Lawmakers provide no money for drug-abuse database
TALLAHASSEE – With the clock ticking on the 2013 legislative session, lawmakers will likely adjourn without providing funding for the state's prescription drug database, which law enforcement officials say is a key tool in the fight against...Tags: Health, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Pain, Human Interest, Chemical Industry
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Legislature goes off its proverbial "meds" to kill Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
News out of Tallahassee is that in a $74 billion state budget, lawmakers couldn't dredge up $250,,000 to keep Florida's prescription drug database operating. Are our state lawmakers off their meds? The database remains a key tool in the fight...
Tags: Justice System, OxyContin (drug), Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Prescription Drugs, Pharmaceuticals
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Florida House holds line on Citizens rates
TALLAHASSEE — Leadership in the state House prefers its changes to Citizens Property Insurance Corp. rather than the more sweeping measure that the Senate has already approved. Through an amendment, the House on Monday replaced language in a 101-...Tags: David Simmons, Economy, Business and Finance, Homes, Maitland, Finance
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Senate and House play hot potato with Medicaid bills
Miami HeraldThe Florida Senate effectively rejected the House's alternative to expanding Medicaid on Monday, prolonging a stalemate that may prove too difficult to resolve before the legislative session wraps up this week. Senators on Monday took up the House plan,...Tags: The Miami Herald, Rick Scott, Florida Legislature, Private Health Care, Medicaid
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Fast-track foreclosure bill approved by House lawmakers
The Palm Beach PostFlorida lawmakers moved forward on two closely watched housing bills today, passing a plan to fast-track foreclosures, and agreeing to spend some of the state's $200 million National Mortgage Settlement winnings on college dorm fees, Habitat for...Tags: Habitat for Humanity International, West Palm Beach, Foreclosures, Elections, Lawyers
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Rare legislative accord has led to session wins
Miami HeraldSenate President Don Gaetz often introduces House Speaker Will Weatherford, as the "taller, smarter, better-looking version of the Weatherford-Gaetz" duo. Weatherford, who at 33 is young enough to be Gaetz's son, calls the 65-year-old "a wonderful partner...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Finance, Republican Party, Political Fundraising, Jack Latvala
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Time running short for health care compromise
TALLAHASSEE – As the Legislature heads to the final days of the 2013 session, hope is fading fast for a deal to expand health care to about 1 million of the state's poorest citizens. If no compromise is reached, roughly two-thirds of those people...Tags: Don Gaetz, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party, John Thrasher, Conservative Political Action Conference
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BRIEF: House blocks insurers with unregulated rates from Citizens clearinghouse
The Palm Beach PostA clearinghouse designed to keep more customers out of state-run insurer Citizens won't force consumers to choose "surplus lines" companies whose rate increases are unregulated, the Florida House decided Friday. The amendment by Rep. Mike Fasano, R-...Tags: Insurance, West Palm Beach
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Mike Fasano: Healthy Florida program would provide shot in the arm for needy families
One of the most important decisions the Florida Legislature will make will be how to provide health care to those Floridians who are not covered by either Medicaid or a private health plan. The Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate are...Tags: Florida Legislature, Private Health Care, Health Insurance Cost
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House sets up health care plan for full vote
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida House has set up its scaled-down health plan to insure some of the state's poorest working parents for a full House vote Friday. The plan released earlier this month would use state dollars to give 115,700 people a $2,000...Tags: Insurance, Health Insurance, Politics
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