Jim Saunders
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When Sen. Joe Negron released a proposal Monday to cut at least $1 billion from health- and human-services programs, it was a first step in what likely…
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Sen. Joe Negron has warned for weeks that cuts are coming to health and human-services programs. Big cuts. Today, the chairman of the Senate Health and…
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A House health committee overwhelmingly approved Thursday a plan that would shift hundreds of thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries into HMOs and other…
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The Florida House and Senate agree that Medicaid should be revamped, but they have vastly different views of how it should be done. Here are some of the…
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Dentists say they are getting squeezed. Insurance companies say they are helping hold down costs for patients. But a dispute about discounted rates for…
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As Florida lawmakers get ready to transform Medicaid into a managed-care system, they are split on a complex question: How do you make sure HMOs don't…
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The top Senate Democrat today blasted a reorganization proposal for the Florida Department of Health, saying it would harm dental health and other local…
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A top House committee today voted to eliminate state regulations on pain clinics, repeal the drug database law and stop doctors from dispensing drugs. The…
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Senate Republicans today approved a proposed constitutional amendment that attacks a key part of the federal health overhaul, brushing aside Democratic…
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Florida's confusing pill-mill politics got even more convoluted Wednesday, as a Senate committee moved toward approving new rules for doctors who practice…