In the summer of 2021, Wade Hanicker felt a pain under his shoulder blade. He took ibuprofen, thinking it was a muscle knot that would go away with massage and […]
Silicosis Kills Workers. Ashley Moody Just Worries About the Lawsuits
Governor’s Office Paid A Second Law Firm $111,000 As Hope Florida Grand Jury Report Was Fought In Secret
Florida taxpayers paid a second law firm $111,387.50 to represent an unidentified person in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office amid a grand jury investigation into $10 million diverted from the public […]
Leaked Hope Florida grand jury report says state ‘misappropriated’ funds
A state grand jury report found Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration “misappropriated” funds by diverting Medicaid money to a nonprofit, eventually ending up in political committees supporting the governor’s agenda. […]
Florida, Hard-Hit By Obamacare Drop-Off, Feels The Squeeze Of Rising Healthcare Costs
Florida chef Elijah Button was chopping onions in June when his knife slipped and sliced his middle finger to the bone. It was his worst kitchen accident to date. But […]
Why I Refuse to Use “AI”
The arguments around the use of “AI” are exhausting. I’m tired of re-typing my reasons, so this document is a summary of some of the many reasons why I refuse […]
Did School Vaccines Just Become A Campaign Issue?
Mandated vaccines for school attendance—and a parent’s ability to reject those vaccines— may have been injected into the race for Florida governor. With five months left before he’s term limited […]
Florida’s Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Life Without Haitian TPS Workers
This week, about 350,000 Haitians in the US will lose their legal status in light of a US Supreme Court decision on June 25 that allows the Trump administration to gut the Temporary […]
New Numbers Show Counties Will Pay Nearly $420m For Medicaid This Year
With a potential cut in property tax revenue looming for Florida’s counties, other costs are on the rise. The state’s top economists agreed that Florida’s 67 counties will be on the hook […]
DeSantis And Ladapo Tout ‘Freedom’ As Measles Rages
Under the guise of “freedom,” the DeSantis administration including Surgeon General Joe Ladapo has established policies that have directly contributed to the measles outbreak that has spread across the state.
Yet, despite the proliferation of this disease, which has placed Florida fourth in the United States with 152 confirmed cases in 2025-26 and 145 confirmed cases so far this year, state officials have acted as if “there’s nothing to see here.”
Corporate Hospitals Bilking Americans as GOP Destroys Health Care
The 15 largest systems charged an average of 282 percent more than the Medicare rate, the study found, resulting in $22 million in profit per hospital per year.
Executives are charging patients the most in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, where average corporate hospital prices are even higher, between 320 and 365 percent more than the Medicare rate.
‘Medical freedom’ on Special Session Agenda
If passed, the bill would require informed consent from parents about vaccines before administering, immunizing doctors from penalties and liability if they give out ivermectin and allowing pharmacists to do the same upon request. The proposal also allows the “conscience-based objection” to childhood inoculations.
“The bill also makes permanent Florida’s existing ban on discrimination based on a person’s mRNA vaccination status and protects Floridians from forced vaccinations during emergencies,” Albritton wrote earlier this week.
Gov. Desantis’ Resolve To Pass His Vaccine Policies Strengthens As Measles Cases Continue To Rise
HB 917 also would have forced a broad range of health care providers, including physicians, dentists, nurses, and therapists, to treat unvaccinated patients by amending the statutorily created “Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” to make clear people have the right to access health care regardless of their vaccine status.
The House bill would have allowed Florida’s Department of Health (DOH), the agency with oversight over medical professionals, to discipline any health care provider who refuses to accept unvaccinated people as patients or to treat them.