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In Florida Prescription Pill Database, Privacy Concerns

Ashley Lopez: Health and law enforcement officials are in hot water after prescription information for about 3,300 Floridians was released to prosecutors and defense attorneys without their consent.

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Gov. Rick Scott Criticizing ‘Obamacare,’ Again

Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott, whose first foray into politics was launching a campaign aimed at stopping momentum for the health care reform law in 2009, is back to criticizing the law.

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Sen. Marco Rubio Offers Constitutional Amendment Invalidating Part Of ‘Obamacare’

Ashley Lopez: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, has proposed a constitutional amendment that would invalidate the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act.

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Medicaid Expansion Ballot Measure ‘On The Table’

Ashley Lopez: Advocates across the country, including in Florida, are proposing ballot initiatives to bypass legislatures unwilling to expand Medicaid.

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For Orlando Postal Worker, Illness Still Mystery

Trevor Aaronson: The case of Jeffrey A. Lill, a U.S. Postal Service employee injured at a mail-sort facility in Orlando more than two years ago, is still unresolved.

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Power Tool Industry Defends Table Saw Safety as Disabling Injuries Increase

FairWarning: Each year, more than 67,000 U.S. workers and do-it-yourselfers suffer blade contact injuries, according to government estimates, including more than 33,000 injuries treated in emergency rooms and 4,000 amputations.

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State Lawmakers Kept Their Cheaper Health Insurance, Denied Medicaid Expansion

Ashley Lopez: At the same time the Republican-led Florida Legislature was turning down federal funds that would pay for expanding the state’s Medicaid program to more than 1 million people who cannot afford health insurance, those same state lawmakers were working to keep their own insurance premiums lower than most other state employees.

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Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk

ProPublica: An investigation has found that a Medicare program, in its drive to get drugs into patients’ hands, has failed to properly monitor safety

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Democrats Call for Special Session to Expand Medicaid

Ashley Lopez: Florida’s 2013 legislative session ended last week without state lawmakers agreeing on a plan to accept federal money for expanding Medicaid in the state. Now, Democrats are asking the governor to call a special session to work out a deal.

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Visualized: Boating Accidents in Florida, 2011

Grant Smith: FCIR compiled data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission of all the boating accidents reported in 2011, the most recent year for which data is available.

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