Florida Alliance for Retired Americans
Electronic medical records, as part of a secure national network of health information that is accessible by patients and health care providers, will improve health care quality and efficiency, reduce medical errors and constrain admi... Read more
Resolution on Creating a Health Benefits Exchange
Florida Alliance for Retired Americans
The Governor and Legislature have a duty to implement national health care reform, the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. Politically partisan lawsuits have not rendered the law invalid. Refusing to accept ... Read more
Resolution on Modernizing and Reforming Florida’s Regressive Tax Structure
Florida Alliance for Retired Americans
Florida continues to confront a budget crisis. Significant reductions have been made in important programs over the past several years. Florida's seniors, children and working people cannot have needed government services reduced further. F... Read more
Resolution on Health Care Price Transparency
Florida Alliance for Retired Americans
Health care prices are generally not available to the public. There is a strong tradition of secrecy regarding price information. Health care providers have little incentive to disclose prices because health care services are so lucrative... Read more
Resolution on Expanding Medicare For All Americans
Florida Alliance for Retired Americans
The reform of our health care system continues to be a matter of great urgency. The high cost of health care has created a crisis that must be resolved by government to protect the health of the public, to reduce costs to businesses, and to... Read more
Legislative Report (September 28, 2015)
Florida's Redistricting Case-Back to Court
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday sent the congressional redistricting case back to the trial court, although the justices did not block the Legislature from meeting in another special session to resolve the issue,
The case ended u... Read more
Executive Board Meeting 2015
September 28, 2015
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Richard Polangin on “Facing Florida” with Mike Vasilinda
To watch the "Facing Florida" With Mike Vasilinda TV interview on FLARA's Resolutions with Richard Polangin that urge people not to move to Florida or to visit Florida:
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Scroll down to the second interview, "The Florida Alliance for Retired Americans" a... Read more
Legislative Report (March 24 & 25, 2015)
Florida Legislators Face Major Issues for 2015
Here are some of the major issues facing the Florida Legislature as it begins meeting on Tuesday, March 3.
BUDGET
With more than a $1 billion surplus, the 2015-16 state budget should present fewer obstacles to lawmakers. Yet h... Read more