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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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