Jim Saunders
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AHCA will start a rule-making process related to treatments for gender dysphoria, including sex-reassignment surgery, saying they are “not consistent with generally accepted professional medical standards and are experimental.”
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A Broward County nursing home where residents died after Hurricane Irma has gone to federal courts - including the U.S. Supreme Court - as it battles…
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Attorneys for a transgender inmate and the Florida Department of Corrections are battling in a federal appeals court about whether the state’s treatment…
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As the Florida House and Senate transform the $20 billion Medicaid system, they will create winners and losers. One winner is easy to predict. The House…
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With lawmakers getting "lobbied to death" on the issue, a House committee Thursday expanded a bill that would help doctors and hospitals fight…
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With negotiations looming with the House, the Senate Budget Committee approved a massive Medicaid overhaul Thursday that would try to slam the brakes on…
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With time running short, a proposed merger of Florida health and human-services agencies appears dead this year --- and lawmakers also likely will not…
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A Senate committee Tuesday narrowly approved a bill that would help prevent costly lawsuits against nursing homes, despite arguments from trial lawyers…
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After years of the Florida Medical Association thwarting the idea, Sen. Mike Bennett got creative Tuesday in his effort to boost drug-prescribing powers…
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In a major reversal, a powerful House committee today went along with using a prescription-drug database to help combat widespread abuse of painkillers.…