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The $114 million plan designates four pilot facilities linked to medical schools in Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami and Gainesville to address a state shortage of mental health professionals.
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Explore health care priorities with Dr. Ferdinand Formoso, president of the Duval County Medical Society, who discusses challenges affecting Jacksonville residents.
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The ACA designers might have assumed that they spelled out with sufficient clarity that millions would no longer have to pay for certain types of preventive care. But they didn’t reckon with America’s ever-creative medical billing juggernaut.
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The health centers are under stress as they work to meet the specific needs of their communities because of uncertain funding and staffing issues. The number of people seeking care increased 45% in a decade.
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The state will seek to streamline regulations and offer incentives to help make care more accessible under two bills passed by the Senate. The Live Healthy package heads next to the House.
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As part of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo's Live Healthy package, the Legislature is working to shrink maternity care deserts and to help expectant parents learn about available services with a new website.
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The vote came a day after the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee approved the Senate version of the plan.
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The plan, a top priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, includes trying to boost the number of doctors in the state, shift patients away from emergency rooms and seed innovation efforts.
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Paul Renner says he also wants to create more transparency within the health care system. For Renner, a major priority is battling the negative mental health impacts social media can have on kids.
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Florida will need more nurses, home health aides, mental health professionals and other medical workers. It's a flagship issue as lawmakers return to work this week in Tallahassee.