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Are Florida doctors prepared to treat patients with medical marijuana?

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Patient Julie DiPietrantonio is examined by Dr. Howard Riker at Tetra Health Care in St. Petersburg, Florida. DiPietrantonio suffers from chronic pain and is looking for relief by using medical marijuana.

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Are Florida doctors prepared to treat patients with medical marijuana?

| 10/10/2017

Are Florida doctors prepared to treat patients with medical marijuana?

Some patients are finding themselves in the unsettling position of being in the examining room with physicians who seem tentative, unable to speak with much authority about medical marijuana. One issue may be the state course, which doesn't go into great detail about dosages, common side effects and other information doctors should have when recommending the substance to patients. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]

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What's behind the 45% hike in unsubsidized Obamacare premiums?

The 44.7 percent average premium increases for unsubsidized Affordable Care Act health policies announced last month have been blamed on uncertainty surrounding the law and funding mechanisms for it. But more directly, that hike was driven by a Florida Office of Insurance Regulation directive this summer. Full story from WMFE, here. Also read more at the Fort Myers News-Press.

Veterans health program proposed for Florida

Saying Florida has the “infrastructure and capacity to serve the health care needs of our veteran community,” Sen. Rene Garcia (R-Hialeah) proposed a program that would allow veterans to tap into the state Medicaid managed-care system as an alternative to the federal Veterans Health Administration system. See SB 440, as filed for the 2018 legislative session, here. Also read more at Health News Florida.

CHIP funding has expired, but Florida families shouldn't worry. Yet.

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Florida Hospital used telemedicine during Irma

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