Archive for November, 2008

Hope for What is Currently A Disgrace

Posted on November 7th, 2008 by admin
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First Coast health experts are calling our current health care system a disgrace, but are hopeful about Obama’s plans to correct this. His plans seem to be promising as far as covering many more of Florida’s uninsured citizens, but everyone is wondering how he plans to pay for it. The issue of health insurance tied [...]

Computer Glitch Causing Problems for Kidcare

Posted on November 6th, 2008 by admin
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In Daytona Beach, FL, computer errors are responsible for a number of Florida KidCare participants to be dropped from the program, leaving officials scrambling to contact families and get them reenrolled. It is reported that a change in the system caused a glitch which resulted in a large proportion of notices not to be sent [...]

Florida Amendment to Possibly Impact More Than Intended

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by admin
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The Florida Marriage Protection Amendment passed with more than enough votes, meaning that Conservatives and Christian groups all made their way out to the polls on Tuesday. While gay marriage is already illegal in Florida, the amendment further banned any type of union between any couples other than man and woman. While this makes the conservative [...]

Health Care Available to Florida Veterans

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by admin
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With rising health care cost, many seniors may be eligible for health care, but not even know it. Previously, benefits were only available to career military veterans. Today, however, the requirements have changed. Florida’s Veterans who served full time in any branch of the military, provided that were not dishonorably discharged, are eligible for health [...]

Joe Biden Works the Blue Collar Angle in Florida

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by admin
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Joe Biden is seen as the Democratic’s best hope for garnering the blue collar vote in typically Republican dominated states such as Florida. Playing up his roots as a working class Roman Catholic with strong family ties, Biden traveled across Ohio and Indiana, and later to Florida. Speaking in Daytona, he sympathized with the fears [...]