Mc Nelly Torres: Las normas poco estrictas sobre equipo de seguridad y capacitación crean peligros en las famosas aguas del Estado del Sol.

Mc Nelly Torres: Lax regulations on safety equipment and few mandates for formal boating safety education have made the Sunshine State’s world-famous waters hazardous.

Ashley Lopez: Florida’s legislative session ends in two weeks and state lawmakers say they might not reach a decision on whether to accept the federal government’s health care reform money to expand Medicaid.

FairWarning: Even as more than 800,000 novelty helmets are sold in the U.S. every year, and as motorcycle crash deaths mount, federal regulators have never acted with urgency to crack down on novelty helmets.

Ashley Lopez: Members of the more conservative Florida House released their alternative plan to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act last week. So far, both Democrats and Gov. Rick Scott have criticized the plan.

FairWarning: Public health historians Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner fault paint makers and marketers, along with regulators, landlords and others, for allowing lead poisoning to persist.

Ashley Lopez: Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said he is not writing off completely the possibility of expanding Medicaid in the Sunshine State.

Ashley Lopez: It looks like Medicaid expansion in Florida under the federal health care law might not happen.

Ashley Lopez: Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, admitted that his family relied on Medicaid when they were struggling and his baby brother was dying of cancer.

Mc Nelly Torres: La discusión se centró en cómo la reforma de salud afectará a los niños en el estado y también en la ampliación del programa de Medicaid, lo cual incluirá a todos los adultos recién elegibles bajo ACA.