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Obamacare sign-ups strong in Florida despite uncertainty

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Nickolas St. Cyr of Tampa logs works with Dr. Avery Rosnick-Slyker of USF's Florida Covering Kids & Families' Navigator program to get enrolled in Obamacare last year.

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Obamacare sign-ups strong in Florida despite uncertainty

| 1/31/2017

Obamacare sign-ups strong in Florida despite uncertainty

Republican leaders in the U.S. House and Senate and in the White House are promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But despite that action, Floridians continue to sign up for Obamacare ahead of the January 31 deadline. Full story from Health News Florida, here. Also read more at WMNF and News13.

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» Insurers expect to raise premiums amid Obamacare uncertainty

Column: Solution to address health care affordability in Florida

Health care continues to be at the center of debate across our nation and in Florida’s State Capitol. But while many focus on the number of Floridians covered by some form of health insurance, equal attention should be paid to the ever-increasing cost of health care. [Source: Florida Politics]

Hospitals challenge state on outpatient rates

Dozens of hospitals across Florida have filed legal challenges against the state in a dispute about payments for outpatient care in the Medicaid program. The challenges have been posted during the past week on the state Division of Administrative Hearings website and involve major players in the hospital industry from various areas of Florida. [Source: News Service of Florida]

FMA agenda: Florida’s doctors want insurance companies to get out of their way

The over-arching theme of the 2017 legislative agenda for the Florida Medical Association, which represents over 22,500 physicians and medical students, is to eliminate barriers that make it more difficult for physicians to care for patients. See the full 2017 legislative agenda here.

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Florida senators want more VA medical leases

Florida senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson joined 15 other senators to introduce legislation that would authorize new VA medical leases. The bill aims to improve veterans access to health care by allowing them to receive care closer to home. News release announcing the "Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act," here.

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Gov. Scott wants to revamp health care facility rules
Scott says he wants to eliminate what is known as the "certificate of need" process for building hospitals, nursing homes and hospice facilities and also get rid of a limit on the number of trauma centers scattered across the state.

› Sen. Gainer proposes "Rural hospital bill"
A Florida State Senator filed a proposal this past week that will provide state funds to rural hospitals for building and technology improvements. It's called 'the Rural Hospital Bill' and is designed for the Florida Department of Health to provide grants up to $750,000 to hospitals that meet eligibility requirements.

› Florida college campuses swamped by students who need counseling
Florida's higher education leaders are calling it a crisis. College students wait up to a month for appointments at short-staffed centers. They get shorter appointments, less often, as universities flounder under the pressure of unprecedented demand for mental health services.

› From virtual reality to health care? A look at Magic Leap's newly revealed patents
A series of patent applications filed by Magic Leap in 2015 and 2016 became public in recent weeks, revealing CEO Rony Abovitz may still have medicine on the brain, years after selling biotech startup Mako Surgical.

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