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SB 1718 has important implications for immigrants, for Floridians and all Americans — particularly as the country faces surges in outbreaks of communicable diseases like measles and the flu.

Nurses at Palmetto General Hospital joined thousands of nurses nationwide on Thursday morning to express concerns over staffing levels, proper equipment and health insurance for employees.

Board member says Palm Beach County Health Care District alliance with Tampa-based giant is ‘really something special.’

Jupiter Medical Center is the lone local A grade in annual rankings by The Leapfrog Group.

Union officials say workers at Palmetto General Hospital — which is managed by Steward Health Care — are struggling with broken elevators, late overtime checks, and staffing shortages. In May, Steward declared bankruptcy.

The measure stems from a federal law that allowed the designation of rural emergency hospitals and made them eligible for Medicare payments.

Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Among its hospitals: four in Miami-Dade County and one in Broward County.

Florida's new dashboard has information on undocumented people using Florida's Medicaid-receiving hospitals, but policy experts point to inconsistencies in the dashboard's reporting.

Many hospitals are shuttering their obstetrics units because insurance and Medicaid aren't reimbursing enough to cover the cost of births, the report notes.

Doctors Without Borders says it has been forced to temporarily close its hospital in Cite Soleil given a sharp rise in gang violence that has left dozens dead in recent weeks.

Hospitals using volunteers is commonplace. But some labor experts argue that deploying unpaid workers to do tasks that benefits the bottom line lets for-profit facilities skirt federal laws, deprives employees of work, and potentially exploits the volunteers.

Earlier this year, three activists who are opposed to COVID vaccines and standard treatment protocols for the illness were elected to the board of Sarasota Memorial Hospital.