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• Some cities, counties and school districts in Florida and around the country are helping their employees buy cheap prescription drugs from Canada and overseas. Health News Florida’s Julio Ochoa sat down with Phil Galewitz from Kaiser Health News to talk about his reporting on the issue.
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• The latest census numbers show 12.5 percent of Floridians lack health insurance. So where are they going for care? Many of them rely on the patchwork of free and charitable clinics throughout the state.
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• The rising costs of prescription drugs are especially hard on people who already struggle to pay rent or put food on the table. In this installment of our series on free clinics, a facility in Bradenton is providing a $90,000 Hepatitis C treatment to patients at no cost.
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• When patients come to The Outreach Clinic in Brandon, one of the first people they encounter is Jackie Perez.
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• Florida Hospital has purchased about 100 acres along Interstate 4 in Lakeland where it plans to build a freestanding emergency room and eventually a 200-bed hospital.
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• As the Caribbean recovers from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron is doing what it’s known for: dropping in on emergencies.
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• Governor Rick Scott Tuesday announced several proposals and $50 million dollars in funding to help address Florida’s looming opioid crisis.
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• A mild stroke sent St. Petersburg resident Lori Ngo to the hospital in May.
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• A Florida organization that helps people sign up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace will have its funding cut by nearly $1 million. The cut to Florida Covering Kids and Families means the organization will have fewer counselors helping people sign up. The navigators work year-round to educate people about their insurance options, help them find providers and file tax exemptions. Next year the organization will get $4.9 million from the federal government. Similar organizations around the state and country had their funding cut by as much as 90 percent. Nationwide, programs that assist with marketplace enrollment were cut by 41 percent, advertising on Obamacare was cut 90 percent, and the time given to consumers to sign up …
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• Michael Smith graduated from a Caribbean medical school in 2014 with a degree and a mountain of debt.
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