Why are we trying so hard to have first and second class citizens in regards to the so called desired health care bill? If we are to have all legal citizens enrolled, all we need to do is add a few lines to the present health care program that is enjoyed by the president and the Congress, making it the program to be enjoyed by all. ...more

August 31, 2009

I heard Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., saying something to the effect that we don't want a government run health care program because we don't want a government bureaucrat standing between the patient and his/her doctor. ...more

June 23, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist says Florida is applying for its first installment of federal Medicaid stimulus money. ...more

March 9, 2009

Students seeking a degree in pharmacology soon will be able to get one from the University of South Florida, according to a plan approved by the university system's Board of Governors. ...more

January 30, 2009

Students seeking a pharmacy degree will soon be able to get one from the University of South Florida, according to a plan approved by the university system's Board of Governors. ...more

January 29, 2009

The state has reached a settlement with the troubled Tampa Bay Academy, which will be allowed to admit patients into its long-term mental health care program when it shows it meets every standard set by regulators. ...more

January 15, 2009

Problems erupted with the state's new Medicaid payment system the day it went online seven months ago. And they're still happening. ...more

January 15, 2009

Rep. Henry Waxman - a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi - has wrested the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee from veteran Rep. John Dingell when the new Congress convenes in January. ...more

November 20, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on high-income workers to ease Social Security's looming cash crunch. Sen. John McCain favors voluntary private accounts for younger wage earners, saying they can't count on the same government benefits as today's retirees. ...more

October 19, 2008

While Medicare, our national health care program for seniors, drowns in waste and inefficiency, some members of Congress want to throw a life preserver to the health care organizations that improperly bill the program for billions of dollars each year. ...more

February 13, 2008