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Mitch Perry Report for 11.10.15 – Right to Rise ready to go nuclear on Rubio?

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The Marco Rubio campaign is making the most out of the blockbuster story in today’s New York Times about the Jeb Bush campaign about to go nuclear on Rubio. Specifically, Right to Rise, Bush’s super PAC, is apparently ready to spend $20 million in attacking Rubio. “Part of running for president is you have to put your big boy pants on and get vetted on the issues, so we know we don’t have a dud candidate running against Hillary Clinton,” Right to Rise chief…

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Bob Buckhorn once again all in in selling the ACA to the uninsured in Tampa

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Sign-ups for the Affordable Care Act began last week, and once again Bob Buckhorn is all in in getting people to sign up for health insurance. The Tampa Mayor participated in a conference call on Monday afternoon to discuss the  “Healthy Communities Challenge,” a White House-led effort that attempts to engage communities with large number of uninsured people to get them to sign up for the ACA, a/k/a “Obamacare.” “It makes a difference, in a very, very tangible way,” Buckhorn…

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Pinellas ‘navigators’ to assist residents during healthcare open enrollment period

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Pinellas County will be offering some extra guidance to its residents during the 2016 healthcare open enrollment period. “Navigators” — think healthcare guidance counselors — will be stationed across the county, on a day-to-day basis, for the duration of the open enrollment period, which begins on Nov. 1, and runs through Jan. 31, 2016. During this period, navigators can answer residents’ health insurance questions and provide information about enrolling in a plan through the online healthcare marketplace. There will be opportunities to meet with navigators during multiple…

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Carlos Trujillo’s balance billing: Straight Outta Obamacare

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Carlos Trujillo’s attempt to fix balance billing (HB 221 – Health Insurance Coverage for Emergency Services) is LITERALLY lifted from the federal law commonly referred to as “Obamacare” – or as some Republicans have called it, “The end of the world as we know it.” To be fair, sometimes Trujillo’s bill tracks the federal law word for word, and other times it merely acts like a college student not wanting to be seen as plagiarizing a Wikipedia page. Trujillo’s bill…

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Walmart to give free health screenings and immunizations this Saturday

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Calling it “America’s Biggest Health Fair,” Walmart will kick off a series of free healthcare-related services this Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at more than 4,400 stores nationwide. Stores with pharmacies will offer free blood glucose, blood pressure and vision screenings. They will also offer free immunizations from licensed pharmacists. Screenings for blood pressure and glucose are considered crucial in determining certain illnesses including diabetes. The four-hour event will also feature free samples and product demos, health insurance education…

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Rate of uninsured drops to 16.6 percent in Florida

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The rate of Floridians without health insurance dropped to 16.6 percent last year. Figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that represents a drop of 3.4 percentage points from a rate of 20 percent in 2013. Despite the drop, Florida still had the third highest rate of residents without health insurance. Only Texas and Alaska had higher rates. The national rate was 10.4 percent. Officials attribute the decrease in Florida and around the country to passage of the…

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Matt Gaetz comes out swinging with new digital ad in Senate race

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State Rep. Matt Gaetz unveiled a new ad Tuesday in his race to succeed his father, state Sen. Don Gaetz, in the Florida Senate aimed at seizing the “true conservative” label in what may be a testy Republican primary. The new one-minute spot, entitled “Fighting Obamacare,” was unveiled in an email message to supporters Tuesday morning in response to news that Bay County Commissioner George Gainer — reportedly recruited to run by state Sen. Jack Latvala — will challenge him in SD 1. “Today,…

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