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More than half of American adults have been recently exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke

A new study suggests that 56 million Americans are unknowingly and routinely exposed to toxic secondhand smoke.

A Florida rule excluding gender-affirming health care from Medicaid coverage is unlawful and unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, adding that the policy, which was enacted last year under the administration of Republican Gov. and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, is based on politics rather than medicine. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which controls…

TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has authorized more than $1.3 million for legal and expert-witness fees in the state’s effort to ban Medicaid coverage of treatments for transgender people,

Florida has authorized more than $1.3 million for legal fees in its effort to ban Medicaid coverage of treatments for transgender people

The Agency for Health Care Administration, which largely oversees the Medicaid program, is using the money for legal and expert-witness fees in its push to ban Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has authorized more than $1.3 million for legal and expert-witness fees in the state’s effort to ban Medicaid coverage of treatments for transgender people.

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