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Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare
Miami HeraldLast year, the Florida Legislature mandated Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to offer a cheaper, more limited coverage option to homeowners, potentially saving them up to 70 percent on their premiums. Citizens, which is trying to raise its prices in...Tags: The Miami Herald, Insurance, Justice System, Florida Legislature, Consumers
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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: OxyContin (drug), Pam Bondi, Rick Scott, Justice System, Pain
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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, OxyContin (drug), Landforms, Pam Bondi, Rick Scott
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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: Computing and Information Technology Industry, OxyContin (drug), Pam Bondi, Rick Scott, Lawyers
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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...
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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: Finance, David Simmons, Rick Scott, Homes, Regional Authority
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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: Health Insurance, The Miami Herald, Private Health Care, Government Health Care, Rick Scott
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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, Judges, Justice System, Lawyers, West Palm Beach
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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: Health Insurance, The Miami Herald, Parties and Movements, John Thrasher, Coconut Creek
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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: Parties and Movements, Health Insurance, John Thrasher, Rick Scott, Medicaid
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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: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), West Palm Beach, Insurance
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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: Private Health Care, Health Insurance Cost, Florida Legislature
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