If you’re reading this, odds are good you live in the real world. The world where people are worried about barbaric terrorist attacks against Israel, the cost and availability of property insurance and the latest “just when you think they can’t get any more out of touch” headlines emerging from Washington, D.C.
Odds are also pretty good that a teenager or young adult you care about in this post-COVID world is grappling with depression. Maybe it’s a medical bill you weren’t expecting that bears no rational relationship to reality. Maybe you’re watching in frustration as government largess makes some wealthy, while inflation puts your family even farther behind. You’re not alone.
We all know health care is ridiculously expensive. What you may not know is that our state’s health care budget comes in at approximately $45 billion. Tallahassee spends more money on health care than all but 12 of our fellow states’ total annual budgets in their entirety.
As we begin preparations for January’s legislative session, here are three real world needs I anticipate being a specific focus of this year’s House health care budget:
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