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Medicare and Social Security have strengthened under Biden and Democrats, but the GOP has a plan that could end guarantee

A new report shows that Medicare and Social Security have been “bolstered by growing economy” under President Biden and Democrats The trustees of Medicare and Social Security just released their annual report on the programs. The good news? Both programs are in better shape since President Biden took office because the “economic recovery from the 2020 recession has been

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June 4, 2022

Miami Herald Op-Ed: Florida seniors at risk of losing Social Security, Medicare under Scott’s harmful GOP plan

On Friday, the Miami Herald published an op-ed by Max Richtman, the executive director of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, that outlines the dangers that Senator Rick Scott’s GOP plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare poses to the five million Florida seniors who rely on these incredibly popular government programs.

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May 25, 2022
Health Care

Draft SCOTUS opinion shines light on DeSantis’ dangerous and unpopular attack on reproductive freedom

Miami, FL — As new reporting on a draft Supreme Court opinion confirms what many have feared, that the Supreme Court is preparing to overturn the decades-long precedent of Roe v. Wade, Ron DeSantis has already shown he’ll stop at nothing to attack reproductive freedom in Florida. Polling of Florida voters earlier this year showed that most voters

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May 3, 2022
Health Care

Human Services Director Carrie Walsh to speak at May DEC meeting

Connecting people with resources. This is the stated mission of the Charlotte County  Department of Human Services.  They provide information, referral, case management and access to financial assistance and support services for low-income, elderly, disabled, and veteran individuals and families in Charlotte County, Carrie Walsh is the Director of the Human Services Department. On May

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April 28, 2022
Health Care

Florida’s abortion law all but rapes women

The following letter to the editor was published in The Daily Sun on March 26, 2022. The newly minted Florida anti-abortion law is an abomination. While it may not be rape, per se, its effect on women is the same. The psychology of rapists has been studied for years. Psychological research, of which there is

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March 28, 2022
Health Care

Will Marco Rubio stand with Floridians or cave to his party leaders on prescription drug prices? 

After Republican Senators recently admitted that Republicans would oppose efforts to lower prescription drug costs and try to repeal the Affordable Care Act if they took control of the Senate, a bipartisan group is preparing legislation to lower prescription drug prices and cap monthly insulin costs. Marco Rubio now has a clear choice: stand with Floridians by voting to lower health

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March 24, 2022
Coronavirus

Ladapo’s credibility is sinking

The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Mar 9, 2022. There is not much more we can say, or write, about Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and his antagonistic view of anything the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are in favor of. Ladapo was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to

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March 12, 2022
Florida Legislation

It is long last time to expand Medicaid

The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on March 3, 2022. OUR POSITION: The 2022 legislative session is nearing an end and no one even discussed expanding Medicaid in Florida, and that is a shame. Some of Florida’s poorest people have a health insurance problem the state refuses to fix. The fix is

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March 7, 2022
Health Care

How could legislators ever approve of Dr. Ladapo?

The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Feb 5, 2022. I was concerned when Dr. Joseph Ladapo was first introduced by Governor DeSantis as his choice for Florida Surgeon General. Dr. Ladapo supports the ideology of The Frontline Doctors of America. These are doctors from various disciplines who are

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February 11, 2022
Coronavirus

Yes, you really do need the Covid booster

The following editorial appeared in The Daily Sun on Jan 30, 2022. OUR POSITION: As demand wanes for vaccines and booster shots to fight the pandemic we urge those who have failed to protect themselves to think again and get the booster shot to fight the omicron variant. It’s hard to believe we still feel

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February 3, 2022
Analysis

With 2.7 million residents covered, Florida leads nation in 2022 ‘Obamacare’ enrollment

By Christine Jordan Sexton, Florida Politics, January 27, 2022. The GOP Legislature and Governor DeSantis have shunned Obamacare, but Florida residents run to it. Florida once again led the nation in the number of residents who signed up for individual health insurance coverage during the 2022 open enrollment period. Data released Thursday morning shows 2,723,094

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February 2, 2022
Coronavirus

Decoding the data behind Dr. Ladapo’s Covid policies

By Jeffrey Schweers,  Capital Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK, Dec 3, 2021. When he was first introduced by Gov. Ron DeSantis as his nominee to be the next state Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo promised that the Department of Health would draw a distinction between science and opinion. “People have been taking the science and misrepresenting

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December 5, 2021
Health Care

There is some hope for uninsured Floridians

By The Daily Sun Editorial Board, Oct. 17, 2021. OUR POSITION: If the Republican leadership in Florida maintains its years-long snub of expanding Medicaid coverage to its citizens who need it, the federal government may come to their aid. Since former governor, and now U.S. senator, Rick Scott changed his mind and rejected an expansion

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October 18, 2021
Health Care

Charlotte County Dems Chair asks why COVID case data is not released

Editor’s note:  our Charlotte County Democratic Executive Committee Chair, Teresa Jenkins, sent the following letter on Sept 20th to our Charlotte County Commissioners and to Dr. Pepe, Charlotte County Department of Health, to request the  release of timely and accurate data on COVID-19 daily cases to the public and to media. She awaits their response.

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September 27, 2021
Health Care

Ron DeSantis hires new Surgeon General who’s Anti-Vaxx and Anti-Mask

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Dr. Joseph Ladapo as Florida’s newest surgeon general and secretary of Florida’s Department of Health, who has a history of going against science when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Democratic National Committee spokesperson Adonna Biel released the following statement: “There has been no governor who has been more pro-COVID

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September 21, 2021
Health Care

Charlotte Sun Editorial: State may tap into Medicaid funds

June 23, 2021, OUR POSITION: Florida won’t be expanding Medicaid anytime soon, but it could agree to tap into Medicaid money for some special services. We have editorialized for years for Florida to embrace the offer of Medicaid expansion only to see our Republican Legislature and governors — starting with Rick Scott — ignore the

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June 26, 2021
Health Care

Floridians respond to the survival of “Obamacare”

By Diane Rado| Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix,  June 17, 2021 Millions of Floridians and other Americans concerned about losing their health care can breathe easier today. As the Associated Press writes: “The Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to the Obama era health care law on Thursday, turning aside an effort by Republican-led states to throw

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June 19, 2021

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