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Health & Society

Morning-After Victory on Women’s Reproductive Rights, But Testosterone Policies Persist

June 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Reproductive rights advocates are celebrating the Obama administration’s surrender on the morning-after pill, empowering all women to make their own decisions regarding their own bodies. It’s about damn time, argues Kathleen Joyce, but she warns: don’t let your guard down just yet.

Homelessness in Flagler Persists, But Minor Conflicts Cloud Accomplishments and Services

June 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

It’s not that there isn’t a homelessness problem in Flagler and Bunnell, but while numerous and at times generous services are being provided, minor conflicts targeting some homeless people in Bunnell are disproportionately affecting the debate, and draining attention from what’s being done to help.

How Horses Help Patients Cope With Cancer and Other Ailments, Even When Insurers Won’t

June 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

It’s not a prescription that a doctor can write. It’s not something insurance will usually pay for. But more patients are finding out how horseback riding, or even just being around the animals, can help them feel better. 

Federal Government Approves Florida’s Medicaid Overhaul, Shifting Millions to HMOs

June 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The announcement was a victory for Gov. Rick Scott and Republican lawmakers who approved the proposal to move to statewide Medicaid managed care in 2011, amid controversy about whether the changes would best serve the needs of low-income Floridians.

Rotary’s June 9 Run/Walk Fund-Raiser for Flagler County Free Clinic Looking for Participants

June 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Rotary Club of Palm Coast is hosting the 7th annual Run for the Free Clinic this Sunday, June 9, 2013, a fund-raising event for the Flagler County Free Clinic, but more participants are needed.

Florida Government’s DCF Looks to Religious Organizations to Recruit Foster Parents

June 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Looking for foster parents, DCF Director of Faith Based Development Erik Braun told child welfare professionals at a conference that Florida has 12 million residents affiliated with a Catholic or Protestant church, 1 million Jews and 400,000 to 600,000 Muslims.

Wanted: Flagler and Florida Foster Parents

May 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

With new legislation reforming Florida foster care, good foster parents will be more in demand than ever. And current foster parents say new ones will have a better experience than the old image of foster care might have led them to expect.

Florida’s Surplus Adds Dollars to Services From Mental Health to Rape Crisis Centers

May 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

People with disabilities, domestic and sexual violence programs, mental health and substance abuse programs, juvenile justice and children’s services all got bigger budgets for the first time since the recession began.

Ken Mattison Named Florida Hospital Flagler CEO, Switching With Ottati in Swift Succession

May 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Ken Mattison, for 16 years the CEO at Adventist Health’s Florida Hospital Waterman, has been named to take over for David Ottati at Florida Hospital Flagler, a $156 million business with 1,017 employees in 2011. Ottati will assume Mattison’s position at Waterman, a $205 million hospital with 1,879 employees.

Despite Snubbing Obamacare, Florida Gets Thousands of Jobs and Cash from Health Act

May 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Even though Florida officials tried to block the implementation of the Affordable Care Act at every turn over the past three years, the state will gain millions in grants and hundreds of new jobs this year from its implementation.

Florida Hospital CEO David Ottati, Major Force in Local Economy, Leaving for Tavares

May 8, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

David Ottati, the CEO at Florida Hospital Flagler for the past seven years, where he oversaw a vast expansion that increased hospital employment past 1,000 and helped cushion the local economy’s severe downturn of the past few years, will be leaving the hospital to take a new post as CEO of the 269-bed Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, in Central Florida, in early June.

Gov. Scott Vetoes Bill Ending Permanent Alimony After Fierce Backlash

May 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill that would have ended permanent alimony and limited alimony payments based on income and the length of marriage, a victory for thousands of constituents who’d urged the governor to do just that.

Fat Firefighters Need Not Worry: Body Mass Index Not an Issue in Florida

April 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The Florida House rejected an amendment that would have required all firefighters to keep their Body Mass Index at 25 or under. Above that number, an individual is considered overweight.

Lawmakers Seal $74 Billion Budget Deal, With Merit Teacher Pay and Medicaid Patch

April 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Under the deal on teacher pay raises, one of Gov. Rick Scott’s top two priorities, teachers rated as “effective” would receive a raise of at least $2,500, while those rated “highly effective” would get $3,500. The raises wouldn’t be paid out, though, until June 2014.

Florida House Rejects $50 Billion in Federal Medicaid Help, Opting for Stingy Alternative

April 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Florida’s rejection of federal aid for the expansion of Medicaid leaves the state with a bare-bones alternative to provide health care for the poor and uninsured while setting a defining marker against Obamacare and the federal vision of health care reform.

So Long, Teeny Weeny Bean Plan: Skeletal Health Plan for Florida’s Poor Is Dying

April 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Sen. John Thrasher says he doubts Sen. Aaron Bean’s small-budget plan for some of Florida’s low-income uninsured will get a floor vote. Bean’s plan was criticized as not much of a plan at all, as it would have cost beneficiaries more than they might have benefited.

Publix’s Profitable Accommodation With Poverty: Not a Penny More for Tomato Pickers

April 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has been trying for years to get Publix to join the Fair Food Coalition, in which suppliers and purchasers agree to pay the workers a penny more per pound of tomatoes picked. Publix won’t even meet with the workers.

Weekend Toil: Florida Lawmakers Contend With Significant Budget Differences

April 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Some of the highest-profile issues, from a difference over teacher pay raises to how to structure a major change in Medicaid reimbursements, remained unresolved with a Tuesday deadline looming before legislative leaders take over the negotiations.

Anti-Abortion Bills Pass Through Angry Debate As Florida Creeps Closer to Embryo Rights

April 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

After tense debate that included allegations of lying and large-scale eugenics, the House on Thursday passed a measure banning abortions meant to avoid having a baby of a particular gender or race and criminalized harm of the unborn in the act of harming or killing its mother.

Children and the Boston Marathon Bombing: How to Help Them Cope

April 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

With images of the Boston Marathon bombing and stories of the victims looping incessantly on television and in social media, the Florida Department of Children and Families has issued a caution to parents and educators about how to handle coming days with children, and about what signs to be on the alert. Children can start […]

Assailed One Week, Celebrated the Next: Rev. Beth Gardner Honored by County Commission

April 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A week after being “called on the carpet” before the Bunnell City Commission for providing an occasional shelter for the homeless at Bunnell’s First United Methodist Church, Rev. Beth Gardner this evening was honored by the Flagler County Commission for that same mission.

When Deputies Shoot Animals: An Explanation from the Flagler Sheriff’s Office

April 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Responding to a citizen’s concerns, Commander Paul Bovino of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office explains why deputies sometimes shoot animals that are reported sick or injured, and why they don’t take them away in their patrol cruisers.

Florida’s Foster Care System Loosening Up Restrictions While Extending Eligibility to 21

April 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

New laws reduce bureaucratic hoops for foster kids and their families who would no longer need approval for certain activities enjoyed by other kids and offer more protection to those nervous of stepping out of its protective wrap.

“Mental Retardation” and “Retarded”
Will Be Excised from All Florida Laws

April 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Florida lawmakers are moving toward erasing the terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from myriad state laws, as the word “retarded” has become widely viewed as offensive to people with disabilities.

Bunnell Wants County, Palm Coast and Flagler Beach to Help Solve Its Homeless Problem

April 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Bunnell’s First United Methodist Church is the closest thing Flagler County has to a homeless shelter, but a few residents are critical even of that limited help, claiming it’s blighting the city, while the City Commission wants county government, Palm Coast and Flagler Beach to pitch in for a solution.

Wadsworth Dog Park In Flagler Beach Will Remain Closed Through the Week Over Virus Scare

April 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The dog park at Flagler Beach’s Wadsworth Park is closed until further notice as authorities try to determine whether a dog that contracted the virulent and infectious parvovirus may have been picked up at the dog park. The Palm Coast dog park remains open.

Children’s Week at the Florida Capitol Contrasts With a Dearth of Kids-Friendly Bills

April 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Bottom line: 19.2 percent of adults and 28.4 percent of children are sometimes hungry in Florida, compared to national averages of 16.1 percent for adults and 21.6 percent for children. About 21 percent of Florida children were living below the federal poverty level in 2009.

For Abuse Victims, Navigating Government Help Can Be Another Defeating Challenge

April 8, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Using stories drawn from real-life cases, participants a Domestic Violence Summit for police agencies in Flagler, Volusia, St. Johns and Putrnam counties tried to understand what it would be like to walk in the shoes of victims coping with the criminal justice system–and discovered the numerous obstacles victims face.

Listen Up Kids: Forget What Your Parents Say. You Should Be Playing Video Games

April 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Alessandra Robinson, a first-place winner among Wadsworth Elementary fifth graders for this speech in this year’s Tropicana competition, argues that video games promote family time, exercise, creativity, problem solving, and better reflexes, and should therefore be encouraged for all.

Sen. Aaron Bean’s “Health Choice Plus” Plan for Florida’s Poor: Flimsier Than a Band-Aid

April 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

What kind of health coverage can you buy for $20 to $30 a month? None. That may sum up the real-world prospects for Health Choice Plus, the plan for low-income uninsured Florida adults that State Sen. Aaron Bean’s committee approved Tuesday along party lines.

For Florida’s Poorest 600,000, a Stingy Health Care Proposal that Cuts to the Bone

April 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The latest proposal to provide health care to Florida’s poorest snubs federal money while creating limited health accounts the poor may tap, but for limited services, and with burdensome conditions of employment–and premiums that most may not be able to afford.

From “Girls” to Steubenville, It’s Time To Ditch America’s “Rape Culture” for Good

March 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

If we’re going to stop having more Steubenvilles, people have to start responding to the current tragedies with more than just passivity, victim-blaming, and claims like, “I’m tired of hearing about rape,” argues Alana Baum.

1.7 Million Floridians Could Get Lower Premiums Under Obamacare, But Don’t Know It

March 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The premium assistance, which begins Jan. 1, will come in the form of tax credits for low- and middle-income workers and their families. The money will flow directly to the patients’ health plans, which simplifies matters and means patients don’t have to come up with cash and wait for reimbursement.

As Local Governments Tackle Candy-Flavored Tobacco, Teen Trends Contradict Alarm

March 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Palm Coast, Bunnell and Flagler Beach have each passed a resolution asking merchants not to sell flavored tobacco products, which are especially appealing to youths, but teen use of tobacco products (including smokeless tobacco) has been on the decline since the mid-1990s.

Florida Speaker Weatherford’s Homeschool Blinders to the Poor and Uninsured

March 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Rather than worship his homeschooling past, what Will Weatherford needs to be wondering is what Florida will be like if its 4 million uninsured citizens continue to go without health coverage, argues Rhonda Swan.

Bill To Close a Gap in Children’s Health Insurance Stalls as Tallahassee Dawdles

March 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

With a third of the annual regular legislative session already gone, a bill that would close gaps in access to health care coverage for Florida children has passed just one committee and appears in danger of not passing.

When Harm in the Hospital Follows You Home, and Changes Your Life

March 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A conversation between some of the 1,550 members of a Patient Harm Facebook community and Dr. Gerald Monk, who specializes in the aftermath of patient harm for both patients and providers. What emerges is a portrait of the long journey that begins after the unthinkable happens.

In the Trenches: Anger and Questions From Doctors Who Treat Gunshot Victims

March 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In Colorado, where more people die from gunshots than car crashes, the victims have a profound effect on the physicians who treat them. For some of the doctors on the front lines, the experiences lead to a strong opposition to guns, questions about gun laws and even activism.

Bill Forbidding Local Governments from Passing Sick-Day Ordinances Advances

March 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The proposed law, by Sen. David Simmons, is intended to thwart efforts to pass labor-friendly laws in local governments, since state-level labor reform is beyond reach with the anti-labor, GOP-led Florida Legislature.

Small Businesses Self-Insure, Evading Obamacare Requirements, and Threatening It

March 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

As more small employers avoid the health act’s requirements through self-coverage, small-business marketplaces intended to cover millions of Americans could break down and become unaffordable.

With 1 in 5 Floridian Uninsured, Backers of Broader Coverage Want Lawmakers to Act

March 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Although Florida lawmakers have made it known they have no intention of going along with an expansion of Medicaid under the federal health care law, legislative leaders say they’re open to crafting an alternative that would find some way to expand health care coverage to many more uninsured as the law envisions.

Florida Senate Kills Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion, But 3rd-Way Alternative Remains

March 12, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida lawmakers say they want to pursue an alternative plan, possibly expanding Healthy Kids, that would use federal money to help uninsured low-income people get coverage through private insurers. Democrats are not entirely opposed.

Flagler County’s “Ulympic Games,” Set for April, Are Crying for Participants

March 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Flagler’s “Ulympic Games” feature 10 sports over a week, April 6-13, open to anyone employed by any local government, but as a March 15 deadline approaches, only a few dozen people had registered.

Obamacare’s 10-Year Cost to Florida: $5.2 Billion, a Fraction of Planned Expansion

March 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The state’s share would only be a fraction of the $55 billion overall expansion cost, with the federal government paying the rest. Under the law better known as Obamacare, Washington would pay 100 percent of the expansion costs during the first three years and gradually reduce that share to 90 percent in 2020.

Snubbing Scott and Billions in Federal Aid, Florida House GOP Reject Medicaid Expansion

March 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Only a few hours after Florida’s chief economist said the state can’t afford to leave billions of federal dollars sitting on the table, the House committee on the Affordable Care Act voted to do exactly that.

How Mom’s Death Changed My Thinking About End-of-Life Care

March 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

None of his years of reporting had prepared Charles Ornstein for this moment, this decision–whether, and when, to let his mother die. In fact, he began to question some of his assumptions about the health-care system.

Florida Posts 32% Drop in Youth Lock-Up Rate Since 1997, In Line With U.S. Numbers

February 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The peak nationally came in 1995, with 107,637 juveniles incarcerated on a single day, and dropped to 70,792 on a single day in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. During that time, the overall incarceration rate dropped by 41 percent.

From Bankruptcy to Granny Nannies: Navigating the Shoals of Long-Term Care

February 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Long-term care insurance is expensive, but the costs of long-term care are far more so. The experiences of local residents and businesses contending ding with reality almost everyone will eventually face illustrate the dilemmas of aging in a society with a meager safety net. A special report.

Gov. Scott Loses Welfare Drug-Testing Case Again, But Vows to Fight On to Supreme Court

February 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the state had not shown a “special need” for drug testing applicants to the program known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It upheld a preliminary injunction issued in 2011 by U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven.

In Major Shift, Scott Endorses Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion, But Legislature Balks

February 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The announcement was a dramatic move for the Republican governor, who launched his political career as an outspoken critic of President Obama’s efforts to overhaul the health-care system. The announcement also shifts the focus of the contentious Medicaid debate squarely to the Legislature, which would have to approve any expansion.

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