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Tag Archives: healthcare
Board approves proposal requiring UF students to have health insurance
By Kylie Lacusky on March 22nd, 2013 | Last updated: March 22, 2013 at 4:48 pm
The University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday morning to approve a plan that requires incoming students to show proof of health insurance. Students who apply for the fall 2014 semester will be required to have health insurance for enrollment, though students who enter UF before fall 2014 will be grandfathered into current requirements, which do not include health insurance.
In the News: Shrinking Services, First Lady, Stowaway Cat, Space Shuttle
By Paige Parrinelli on September 18th, 2012 | Last updated: September 25, 2012 at 11:52 am
Stories that WUFT noticed from around the state: Families grapple with shrinking state services offered to ‘medically fragile’ kids – Tampa Bay Times – The U.S. Department of Justice said the state of Florida has reduced home care for children [...]
Preparing nursing home facilities for natural disasters
By Front Page Edition on April 17th, 2012 | Last updated: October 4, 2012 at 2:34 pm
By Blake Alderman – WUFT-FM Hurricanes are a big point of emphasis in the state of Florida when it comes to its citizen’s preparedness. A new government study questions the procedures that nursing homes take to get ready for natural disasters. [...]
Religion and politics clash
By Jordan Matich on February 13th, 2012 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 4:42 pm
President Obama Friday unveiled a new compromise for a contraception policy that would allow female employees of religiously affiliated institutions to seek contraception from their healthcare providers, regardless of a hospital’s policy. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Jordan Matich reports on the [...]
