Category: Healthcare
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Trump DOJ Memo threatens decades of disability rights protections, tests key Florida rights case
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
To little notice by the nation’s newspapers, the Trump administration recently moved to reverse decades of disability civil rights policy through a Justice Department opinion that signals an apparent sea change in how the executive branch plans to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). -
Florida taxpayers pay billions to Centurion, the prison health care provider and lawsuit magnet
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Floridians are paying Centurion of Florida L.L.C., the state’s prison health care provider, up to $2.8 billion over five years. And it seems only the lawyers who sue Centurion closely monitor what the strictly-for-profit company does with all that money. -
Trump’s tariff assault on drug affordability stings a Vero Beach cancer patient
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Natalie Keegan, who has end-stage pancreatic cancer, believes ozone therapy is keeping her alive. So the Vero Beach woman was alarmed about having to pay an extra $246 in new customs duties and fees for ozone oil from the Netherlands. -
Broward’s two hospital districts lobby for bill that would give them sweeping new business powers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly identical bills quietly filed in the Florida House and Senate would grant Broward’s two taxpayer-supported hospital districts sweeping new powers they could use to merge or go into business with any public or private company without fear of violating state or federal antitrust laws. -
Landlord aims to evict Liberty City free clinic, food pantry after complaints about collapsed ceiling at their rental
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A corporate landlord is trying to evict a Miami medical clinic, food pantry and community center that complained when a big chunk of their ceiling caved in. -
Elderly South Florida mobster Thomas Farese at the top of $93 million healthcare fraud, feds say
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Since the 1970s mobster Tommy Farese has been a recurring character on the pages of South Florida newspapers. So it was surprising when the reputed Colombo family consiglieri didn’t make the Sun-Sentinel last week for his latest alleged caper: a $93-million health care fraud scheme.
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