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Marco Rubio focuses on Cuban immigrant upbringing in Vegas talks

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he is indebted to America and running for president is his way of repaying his obligation. The 44-year-old Republican candidate told the Libertarian FreedomFest audience on Friday how his parents made their way from Cuba to Las Vegas, where they found jobs in the casinos. Rubio says his parents embody the American dream. Rubio told several hundred voters in a suburban retirement community on Saturday that as president he would make the U.S. the single…

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Medicaid expansion left behind, but even Tampa Trib still calling for GOP change of heart

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The Florida House abandoned its session earlier this year. In doing so, they left the question of Medicaid expansion on the table. Then in a special session they rejected a Senate plan to draw down $51 billion in federal dollars to expand health care to more than 800,000 poor Floridians. Gov. Rick Scott agreed with the House’s decision. There’s not much that can be done between now and the 2016 legislative session, but that didn’t stop the conservative Tampa Tribune…

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Jeb Bush offers some recommendations on improving health care in the U.S.

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A major criticism that Democrats and members of the news media have charged against Republicans critical of the Affordable Care Act is — what would you replace it with? In a post on Medium this morning, Jeb Bush attempts to answer that criticism  by declaring that the fight against Obamacare is nowhere near over, and says he has some “specifics” to replace it with. “I  was disappointed by last week’s Supreme Court ruling in the King v. Burwell case,” he writes. “But…

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Health ruling relieves consumers; GOP states remain critical

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The Supreme Court ruling validating federal health insurance subsidies for nearly 6.4 million Americans wasn’t just a major victory for President Obama‘s signature health law. It also had consumers breathing a sigh of relief that they would be able to afford their policies. “I’m just so relieved and happy, not just for me but for everyone who’s being helped by this,” said 55-year-old Shawn Turner of Cisco, Illinois, shortly after Thursday’s ruling. She finished chemotherapy for uterine cancer last summer…

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Responding to King v. Burwell decision, Jeb Bush calls to ‘repeal and replace’ ACA

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Jeb Bush expressed dissatisfaction with the U.S. Supreme Court decision that tax subsidies are still available to all those enrolled in an Obamacare plan, through either a state or the federal health insurance exchange. In a 6-3 ruling Thursday, the court affirmed the decision of the Fourth Circuit Court in King v. Burwell. The decision is seen as a major victory for the Obama administration. Bush, campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, repeated his vow to repeal the Affordable…

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Report: Higher deficits, more uninsured if health law tossed

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Repealing President Barack Obama‘s signature health care law would modestly increase the budget deficit, while the number of uninsured Americans would rise by more than 20 million, said a nonpartisan government study released Friday. The report from the Congressional Budget Office comes ahead of a highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling that could have a major impact on the Affordable Care Act, nullifying health insurance subsidies for some 6 million people in more than 30 states. The budget analysts said that…

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‘Conservative Republican’ Adam Barringer launches campaign for Florida’s CD 6

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Former two-term New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer is announcing today his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Florida’s Sixth Congressional District, which encompasses Putnam, Flagler, St. Johns, and Volusia counties. He certainly will not be the only Republican in the race. However, what sets this self-styled “conservative Republican” apart from some of his competition is his deep-seated ties to the district: especially to New Smyrna Beach itself, which he moved to in 1979, finished middle and high school there before coming…

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