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January 9, 2015: Activists Across The State Ask Lawmakers To Expand Medicaid

Today on WLRN-Miami Herald News, you heard:

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9:04 Questions about the safety and efficiency of urgent-care and retail clinics came up during a special panel discussion yesterday hosted by Broward County business professionals.

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8:30 The secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families says the state has made progress in putting last year's child-protection law into effect. DCF Secretary Mike Carroll told a Senate panel on Thursday that the department had surpassed the law's requirement to post current child death reports online.

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8:20 Black and Hispanic Floridians are signing up for insurance on healthcare.gov in big numbers.

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8:04 Healthcare advocates gathered across Florida Thursday to call on the state to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid.

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7:43 Same-sex marriage became legal in Florida this week, but gay rights advocates say there's still more to be accomplished. We talk to the head of the SAVE Foundation about what the organization is working on now, including a lack legal protections for LGBT Floridians.

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7:30 Thursday was a 'day of action' for health-care advocates, who called on the Legislature to extend Medicaid coverage to more low-income Floridians. Supporters rallied in four cities --- Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Tallahassee.

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7:20 Florida's teacher's union is dropping its lawsuit against the expansion of the private school voucher program.

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7:04 You know those walk-in clinics that seem to be popping up all over South Florida? It turns out some of the region's largest hospitals are taking a page out of their playbook.
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6:43 We're taking a look back at Florida's historic first day of same-sex marriage with coverage from Key West to Palm Beach.

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6:30 The secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families says the state has made progress in putting last year's child-protection law into effect. DCF Secretary Mike Carroll told a Senate panel on Thursday that the department had surpassed the law's requirement to post current child death reports online.

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6:20 Black and Hispanic Floridians are signing up for insurance on healthcare.go in big numbers.

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6:04 Healthcare advocates gathered across Florida Thursday to call on the state to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid.

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