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Health Care Issues

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Miami-Dade Could Ban Flavored Tobacco Products like Grape Blunts

    When it comes to the little vices, Miami-Dade is notoriously lax. Depending on where you are in the county, you can order a drink at a bar til 5 a.m. and smoke inside the whole night. You can also stop by a liquor store until 1 a.m. But the Miami-Dade County Commission is now considering an uncharac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    White House Confuses University of Miami for That Ohio School

    President Barack Obama was just at the University of Miami, so you'd think that his staff could get the name of the school correct. Apparently not. The White House sent out a press release today describing University of Miami president Donna Shalala as "President of Miami University." Miami Uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Electric Cigarette Explosion Blows Out Florida Man's Teeth and Tongue

    ​The corrosive work of cigarettes is supposed to be a slow thing, quietly eating away at your lungs as you puff away. Though, electric cigarettes are a whole other story. A Florida man is recovering after an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth and knocked out his front teeth and took a chunk of his ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Pot smuggler schools seniors on medical marijuana

    ​The corrosive work of cigarettes is supposed to be a slow thing, quietly eating away at your lungs as you puff away. Though, electric cigarettes are a whole other story. A Florida man is recovering after an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth and knocked out his front teeth and took a chunk of his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    "Obamacare" Has Already Saved Floridians $142 Million

    ​Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi may be fighting to repeal President Obama's healthcare reform laws in court, but the new laws have already saved Floridians close to $142 million, and most of the laws haven't even gone into effect yet. The savings come from Medicare recipients who now pay l ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Medical marijuana's unlikely Florida hero is 64-year-old Larcenia Bullard

    ​Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi may be fighting to repeal President Obama's healthcare reform laws in court, but the new laws have already saved Floridians close to $142 million, and most of the laws haven't even gone into effect yet. The savings come from Medicare recipients who now pay l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Medical Marijuana's Unlikely New Florida Savior Is 64-Year-Old Larcenia Bullard

    ​If you'd told Larcenia Bullard 35-years ago - back when she was teaching school kids for a living -- that she'd one day use her lofty platform as a Florida state Senator to advocate for marijuana reform, she would have banished you to the principal's office. "I would not have possibly imagined th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced In Florida Senate and House

    ​Miami-area State Sen. Larcenia Bullard has fired up a big ol' blunt of legislative reform this morning, as her proposal to give Florida voters a chance to legalize medical marijuana was introduced in the Senate. Bullard's bill joins a similar proposal by Lake Worth Rep. Jeff Clemens in the House ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Orange Bowl Slammed By Anti-Smoking Groups For Camacho Cigars Sponsorship

    ​Cigars are as Miami as white guayabaras, cafecitos and questionable uses of teal and pink, but a national group is slamming the Orange Bowl this week for including the Calle Ocho favorites in the bowl week festivities.The American Cancer Society has sent a letter to NCAA and Orange Bowl offi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Amendment Gets Sponsor in Florida State Senate

    ​The first steps towards the possibility of legalizing medical marijuana in Florida are underway. Last month State Rep. Jeff Session, a Democrat from Lake Worth, introduced a resolution that would allow Floridians to vote on the matter in 2012. Now, state Sen. Larcenia Bullard, a Miami Democra ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Robert's Drug Store busted for illegal oxycodone at Government Center

    ​The first steps towards the possibility of legalizing medical marijuana in Florida are underway. Last month State Rep. Jeff Session, a Democrat from Lake Worth, introduced a resolution that would allow Floridians to vote on the matter in 2012. Now, state Sen. Larcenia Bullard, a Miami Democra ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Obama's war on weed

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    SoFla Clinics Suckered Out-of-State Medicare Patients With Mental & Drug Problems

    US Attorney General Eric HolderSouth Florida can add another feather to its fraud cap: scummiest Medicare scammers in the U.S.​​SoFla has long been the anus epicenter of health care fraud (see Rick Scott and Columbia/HCA). So it's no surprise that when prosecutors announced charges today ag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Jackson Memorial Apparently Only Hospital in the South That Cares About Gay People

    ​We wouldn't wish a trip to Jackson Memorial Hospital on our worst enemies. Yet according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign, the public Jackson Health System is the only hospital in the entire southern United States cited this year for providing equal care to LGBT patients. That's a b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Health Care Costs a Miami Family of Four $23,362 a Year, More Than Anywhere Else in America

    ​The average health care bill for a family of four living in the Miami area in 2011 will be $23,362. That's more than any other major metro area in America, and a 120.5 percent, or $3,969, more than the national average. Considering that national average for health care cost has more than doubled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Prisoners Butt Out: Cigarettes Will Be Banned in Florida Prisons

    The ban will also bring an end to many Lady Gaga-inspired prison fashion trends. ​Used to be that a couple cartons of cigarettes could buy you some protection in prison, but Florida inmates may want to start trafficking in boxes of Nicorette. That's because in six months time smoking will be compl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Democratic Rep. Pushes for Amendment to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Florida

    ​With a recent poll showing 57 percent of Floridians favoring legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, state Rep. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) has introduced a resolution to put an amendment on the 2012 ballot that would do just that. Clemens claims that the move could bring in $5 to $12 million ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    57 Percent of Floridians Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana

    ​With 14 states and the District of Colombia allowing the legal medical use of marijuana, acceptance of the issue is steadily growing in America. A new poll shows that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medical marijuana as buzz grows that the issue could be placed on the ballot as s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    FIU Completely Bans Smoking On Campus

    ​Students and faculty at Florida International University should expect increased incidents of their colleagues incessantly tapping pencils, drinking inhuman quantities of black coffee, and randomly exploding at them for no apparent reason before sending a text message latter saying, "Sorry about ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    Joints for the Sick

    ​Students and faculty at Florida International University should expect increased incidents of their colleagues incessantly tapping pencils, drinking inhuman quantities of black coffee, and randomly exploding at them for no apparent reason before sending a text message latter saying, "Sorry about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Florida Judge Worried Obama Might Make Us All Buy Broccoli

    via​A federal judge today began hearing arguments in outgoing Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's lawsuit against the Federal Government, which alleges that forcing citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. The trial is expected to be an in-depth, mature and scholarly proceeding. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    South Miami Supports Medical Marijuana

    Michael McElroy​On Monday night, the South Miami city commission took a giant leap forward in the pro-marijuana debate. Commissioners voted 3-1 to push the Florida Legislature and the federal government to authorize the medicinal use of marijuana making South Miami the first city in the state to r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Election Day Recap: A Real Life Montgomery Burns Poised to Lead Florida

    Florida's new governor: Rick Scott​Watching last night's election results pour in, Banana Republican could only take solace that Dorrin Rolle is no longer a Miami-Dade County commissioner and that state legislators will no longer have the ability to draw their own districts. Other than that, the 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    American Therapeutic Corp. Charged with Fleecing Medicare out of $200m By Using Dementia Patients

    Bad doctors, bad. ​Miami has long been the country's capitol for Medicare fraud schemes, and today federal authorities arrested four people associated with American Therapeutic Corporation and charged the Miami-based company with fleecing $200 million from Medicare. The company is accused of preyi ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Miami Beach's reefer revolution

    SoBe is ground zero in the battle to decriminalize pot.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Marijuana-Food Pairings: 10 Questions With Denver Pot Critic William Breathes

    From Amsterdam​After recently writing a goofy post about imaginary pot-food pairings, I received an email from the pseudonymous William Breathes, one of two medical marijuana critics for our sister paper Westword, in Denver, Colorado. He expressed gratitude for being mentioned in the post and disa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Old People Hate the Tanning Tax

    via BartBaKer's Youtube​Vanity Fair and 60 Minutes have come together to commission a wide ranging poll that includes questions on the ability of Sarah Palin to be President (most don't think she can) and whether or not people would still see a Mel Gibson movie (most would). Though perhaps ones of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    University of Miami to Charge Student Smokers

    ​Students who smoke at the University of Miami will soon have to pay a $50-per-semester fee if they get their health insurance through the school's health plan. Some believe it is the school's first step to making the Coral Gables campus smoke-free. The school's medical campus is already a cigaret ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Fox News Wonders if Local Mom Battling Leukemia is "First 'Death Panel' Victim"

    ​In the News Roundup each morning we've been keeping an eye on the plight of Diana Smith, a local mother battling a rare form of leukemia. Smith was almost denied a life saving treatment when Social Security disability payments made to her son raised her income enough to where she no longer qualif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Obama Critic Rick Scott to Run for Governor, and Boy, Does He Have an Interesting Past

    ​Richard L. Scott, a businessman who lives in Naples, has thrown his hat into the ring for the Republican's gubernatorial nomination against Attorney General Bill McCollum and state Sen. Paula Dockery. Don't know anything about him? Here's some fun facts:He hates President Obama's health care refo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    RPOF Says Alex Sink is Basically Florida's Fidel Castro

    ​Fidel Castro took some time out of his busy schedule of not dying to pen a piece for a state newspaper that said President Obama and the Democrat's recent passage of health care reform is a "miracle." Well, the Republican Party of Florida took time out of their busy schedule of basically giv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Health Care Reform Passes, No Thanks To Your South Florida Politicos

    If you're half as cool as the staff here at Riptide, you were flipping between March Madness and C-SPAN last night like your life depended on it. Which to pick?photo by Sage Ross, via Wikimedia CommonsThe power of cardboard signs and megaphones was not enough to derail health reform.On CBS, Korie Lu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Democrat Maurice Ferre Doesn't Back Democrat Health Plan One Day After Democrat Loss

    ​Former Mayor of Miami Maurice Ferre, who somehow thinks he is running for US Senate even though he is trailing in the primary race for the party that is trailing in the general election race, has announced that he doesn't support the Democratic healthcare plan.  "It is a special-interest pla ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    Free Cheetos!

    ​Former Mayor of Miami Maurice Ferre, who somehow thinks he is running for US Senate even though he is trailing in the primary race for the party that is trailing in the general election race, has announced that he doesn't support the Democratic healthcare plan.  "It is a special-interest pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Floridians Sure Have Some Funny Ideas About Health Care Reform

    via A R B O's flickr​According to a new Quinnipiac poll, 58% of Floridians support creating a government health insurance plan, while only 36% oppose it. So it should be good news for supporters of the so-called "public option" that voters in a notoriously moderate swing state seem to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Sparked By Sucess in Miami, Feds Widen Health Care Fraud Force

    The string of headlines involving several local busts of fraudulent HIV/AIDS treatment facilities milking medicare for money was no coincidence. Two years ago the justice department begin specifically targeting medicare fraud in the city. After success in Miami and then Los Angeles, today Attorney G ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    Smoke Weed Every Day

    Nate Dogg would approve of this message.

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    10th Annual Medicinal Marijuana Benefit

    Nate Dogg would approve of this message.

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2008

    Puff, Puff, or Perish

    For some, ganja is nothing to giggle about.

  • Calendar

    April 19, 2007

    It’s Medicinally Delicious

    For some, ganja is nothing to giggle about.

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    An Ounce of Prevention -- At Last

    County jail officials finally decide to get serious about a highly contagious disease

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Cavity Depravity

    The rotten roots of a sweet HMO deal rip dental health from the mouths of babes

  • Music

    January 22, 2004

    Smoke for Life

    The sixth annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert raises funds for patients' rights

  • Music

    January 23, 2003

    Healthy Puff

    Celebrate the medicinal benefits of Mary Jane

  • Dining

    February 28, 2002

    Waiting to Inhale

    To ban or not to ban, that could be the question on a ballot near you.

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Politician Convicted In The Past Twelve Months

    Alberto Gutman

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1998

    Night & Day

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • Dining

    January 29, 1998

    Smoke Gets in Your Eats

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Letters

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • News

    June 1, 1995

    Carnival of Fraud

    Step right up and be astounded by Miami's bizarre side show of Medicare and Medicaid scammers! After all, you're paying for it!

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