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…
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…
By Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix, March 25, 2021 Tucked into the Biden administration’s massive federal relief package is a major provision to expand benefits for low-income people in Florida and other states that haven’t adopted Medicaid expansion, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The $1.9 trillion stimulus plan signed earlier this March provides financial…
Editor’s note: Charlotte Dems helped blow the whistle on this latest version of DeSantis political favoritism after he scheduled a pop up clinic at Kings Gate, a gated community and Republican stronghold in Port Charlotte. By Zac Anderson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune The Palmer Ranch community in Sarasota County encompasses 9,000 acres in the developed portion west…
By Sue Busko, as published in Medium, Oct. 25, 2020 Co-conspirators in the War on Boomers I admit I grew bored with all the declarations of war over the last five decades. There was the War on Poverty (a nice idea, but have you noticed the lines at the food banks?) Then there was the…
President Trump’s loud and repeated claims about lowering drug prices and taking on Big Pharma are helping him in some polls, but his policies aren’t helping patients who need affordable medicines. It’s time to set the record straight. Trump Claim: Thanks to me, insulin is now “as cheap as water.” Insulin is definitely not cheap…
Editor’s note: This is an abridged article published by Florida Phoenix on October 8, 2020 By Issac Morgan Florida is among the worst states in the nation when it comes to people who are uninsured — an estimated 13.2 percent in 2019, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. Voters in Florida and across…
By Catherine Baxter, Charlotte County Dems writer The latest threat to the health of millions of Americans is looming large – the death of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Enacted in stages from 2010-2014, the ACA required employers with over 50 full-time employees to provide health insurance. It subsidized coverage for those who earned under…
The number of COVID-19 cases in the U. S. has surpassed 6.5 million and, as of this writing, almost 200,000 people have died from the disease. Those statistics include the men and women who are in the front lines caring for the sick. “More than 1600 health care workers, including 200 nurses, have died in…
Dr. Joseph Pepe, the administrator at the Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County, spoke at the Democratic Women’s Club (DWC) meeting on September 14, 2020. He introduced himself as a native Floridian, who grew up as a child of modest means, raised by his mother and grandmother. His childhood experiences led to his…
Editor’s note: Teresa Jenkins, Chair, Charlotte County Democratic Executive Committee sent the following letter to Bill Truex, chair of the five member Board of Charlotte County Commissioners, on July 17th Dear Commissioner Truex, The recent decision by the County Commissioners to not mandate face coverings in public places is a deadly one. Medical professionals say…
Image by Jim Bourg, Reuters, Editor’s note: The following is adapted and updated from “Biden just laid out his plan for coronavirus. We may end up needing it”. Biden’s plan to combat COVID-19 Over the past few months, Joe Biden has talked regularly about the coronavirus pandemic, both to criticize President Trump’s handling of the crisis and…
Image by Shafin Al Asad Protic My COVID-19 test by Jane Merriam, Charlotte County Dems Secretary I have been extremely careful during the past four months, most social activities via Zoom, order ahead and pick up groceries, social distancing when I have seen people but when I found out that a friend was positive I…
Image Credits : Tomasz Kobosz at freeimages.comImage Credit URL: www.freeimages.com/photo/usg-1-1526902 Submitted by: Linda Porterfield Health Care: Just One Vote “I’ve made an iron clad pledge to American families that we will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions.”(Donald Trump, State of the Union Address, February 4th, 2020) During the State of Union address in 2020, Donald…
by Fran Dance, Charlotte County Dems On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, with Vice President Biden standing by his side. Because of Obamacare, over 100 million people no longer worry that an insurance company will deny coverage or charge higher premiums just because they have a pre-existing condition – whether cancer or…
by Linda Porterfield, Charlotte Dems writer Americans, at least those who believe in science, love Dr. Anthony Fauci. He has become a folk hero in the war against Covid-19 and serves as a beacon of scientific truth against a backdrop of silence, secrecy, and lies promoted by the Trump administration. For payback, the Trump administration…
Stunningly, even in the midst of the Coronavirus global pandemic, Republicans still trying to find a way to dismantle the ACA with no viable alternative on the table. The current administration is choosing not only not to defend the law in the Supreme Court but is actually part of a lawsuit along with 18 states…
In a crisis like the one we are currently facing, it is important to have the facts. Our World In Data has a page of statistics regarding the infection and mortality numbers regarding the Coronavirus. I downloaded the data and made a few charts based on the US numbers. Take a look at them and…
Marketplace Open Enrollment begins Friday, November 1 and runs through December 15. You can enroll for or change coverage during this time. If you are already enrolled in a plan and want to change it, you can do so any time before December 15. Now is the time to visit HealthCare.gov or 1-800-318-2596, to review your…
With the Florida Senate confirming Governor DeSantis’s disastrous pick for the head of HCA, Florida Republicans have joined Governor DeSantis in promoting partisanship over the health of Florida’s families. In response to the alarming news that ‘Mary Mayhem’ was confirmed, Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement: “Mary Mayhew will…