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David Jolly is latest lawmaker to sign Obamacare repeal pledge

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David Jolly is the latest lawmaker to sign a pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. Independent Women’s Voice, a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization, announced Thursday that the Indian Shores Republican has officially put his name to the Obamacare Repeal Pledge. Jolly, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, represents Florida’s 13th Congressional District. “Rep. David Jolly’s decision to take Pledge shows he gets it when it comes to health care,” said IWV CEO Heather Higgins.…

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Gwen Graham will soon reveal her 2016 intentions

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Down deep, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham may already know whether she will run for re-election next year. With the Florida House and Senate in agreement on the new look of her District 2 and Corrine Brown’s District 5, the writing (or map) appears to be on the wall. Graham is doing the right thing by waiting until the court makes it official. Barring something totally unforeseen, a good chunk of her Democratic support in Tallahassee, Leon County and all of…

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Most health insurers raise 2016 Florida Obamacare rates

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Premiums for most health insurance policies sold on the federal exchange are increasing for Floridians this year, but state regulators used new authority to negotiate lower rates so the hikes aren’t as big as they could have been, according to filings released Wednesday by the Office of Insurance Regulation. Aetna requested a 21 percent increase for plans sold in 2016, but the agency only approved 14 percent. Coventry requested a 16 percent hike and was approved for 8 percent. Plans…

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USF St. Pete political scientist Darryl Paulson says Donald Trump was GOP debate’s biggest loser

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Donald Trump was last night’s biggest loser in the first official GOP presidential debate heading into election season. That’s according to USF St. Pete political scientist and professor emeritus Darryl Paulson. “People watch [debates] not to see who wins, but to see who crashes and to me the guy who hit the rail last night was Donald Trump,” Paulson said during an interview with this reporter on WMNF’s Midpoint political talk show. Paulson described a long history of debate moments that…

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Who’s to blame for Florida’s rising Medicaid costs?

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott is blaming rising Medicaid expanses on President Obama’s health law, even though the state’s top economist said the two are not related. State economists estimated Tuesday that the Medicaid program will cost $577 million more in 2015-2016. That comes as health insurers are seeking a $400 million raise and a 12 percent rate increase. But The Republican governor strongly opposes pumping additional state funds into Medicaid and was not happy when state lawmakers recently invested $400…

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Todd Wilcox says Republican voters in Florida (will) like what he has to offer

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Orlando-based entrepreneur Todd Wilcox says that it was around April of last year that he first thought about the possibilities of running for U.S. Senate, a considerable feat to undertake for a lifelong nonpolitician in the nation’s third-largest state. He didn’t go into exploratory mode until this past April, though, after  Marco Rubio made it official that he wouldn’t be running for re-election to his seat, and the presumptive GOP front-runner to replace him, Jeff Atwater, stunned the Florida political world…

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Kathy Castor latest Democrat to slam Jeb Bush on Medicare comment

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The issue of Medicare made its first big entrance in the 2015-2016 presidential campaign last week when Jeb Bush said at a Koch brothers event in New Hampshire that Congress should phase out the program. “We need to make sure we fulfill the commitment to people that have already received the benefits,” he said, “that are receiving the benefits. But we need to figure out a way to phase out this program for others and move to a new system…

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