Julio Ochoa
Julio Ochoa is editor of Health News Florida.
He comes to WUSF from The Tampa Tribune, where he began as a website producer for TBO.com and served in several editing roles, eventually becoming the newspaper’s deputy metro editor.
Julio was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and worked at a paper in Greeley, Colo., before returning to Florida as a reporter and as breaking news editor for the Naples Daily News.
Contact Julio at 813-974-8633, on Twitter at @julioochoa or email .
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By Julio Ochoa More changes are coming for Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital after a comprehensive outside review delivered several recommendations...
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Lauren Killgore first learned about her health insurance company’s new policy at the beginning of 2017, when her husband, a 26-year-old hemophiliac, had...
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A 10- to 11-foot alligator broke into a woman’s home in Clearwater early Friday and thrashed about, breaking wine bottles and knocking over furniture...
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The number of children covered by Medicaid declined in Florida and other states for the first time in more than a decade.
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Funding within this year’s budget could help thousands of children get health insurance.
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More than 100,000 low-income parents could lose health care coverage under a Medicaid work-requirement bill being considered in the Florida Legislature,...
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Tampa businessman Joe Redner has lost the latest round in his attempt to grow his own medical marijuana for juicing.
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Florida's largest medical marijuana licensee has settled a lawsuit with the state over how many dispensaries it can open.
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Florida's prisons have a health care problem. The state's aging prison population and the high cost of treating inmates with debilitating diseases are...
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It's not even 6 a.m. when Amy and Christie begin a 45 minute drive south. The two friends are headed to a clinic in Hernando County where they’ll get a...
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Six disabled and elderly Floridians are suing the state over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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The number of Floridians who enrolled in the Affordable Care Act this year increased by more than 55,000 compared to last year.