Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit American academic medical center focused on integrated health care,education,and research. It employs over 7,300 physicians and scientists,along with another 66,000 administrative and allied health staff,across three major campuses:Rochester,Minnesota;Jacksonville,Florida;and Phoenix/Scottsdale,Arizona. The practice specializes in treating difficult cases through tertiary care and destination medicine. It is home to the top-15 ranked Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in addition to many of the highest regarded residency education programs in the United States. It spends over $660 million a year on research and has more than 3,000 full-time research personnel.
Michael Clifton Burgess is an American physician and politician representing Texas's 26th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is anchored in Denton County,a suburban county north of Dallas and Fort Worth. He has held the position since 2003 and is a member of the Republican Party.
Deborah Wasserman Schultz is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional district,first elected to Congress in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party,she is a former chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Vernon Gale Buchanan is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 16th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,he first entered Congress in 2007,representing Florida's 13th congressional district until redistricting. His district is anchored by Bradenton.
The Florida State University College of Medicine,located in Tallahassee,Florida,is one of sixteen colleges composing the Florida State University. The college,created in 2000,is an accredited medical school,offering the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree for physicians. The College of Medicine also offers a Ph.D. degree and a Physician Assistant program.
Brian Day,is an orthopedic surgeon and health researcher in Canada,a past president of the Canadian Medical Association,and a prominent sometimes controversial advocate for privatization of Canada's health system.
The Michigan Compassionate Care Initiative was an indirect initiated state statute that allowed the medical use of marijuana for seriously ill patients. It was approved by voters as Proposal 1 on November 6,2008,63 percent in favor to 37 percent opposed.
Doug Holder is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 70th District from 2006 to 2012,and the 74th District,which included Englewood,North Port,and Venice in Sarasota County,from 2012 to 2014. He was a candidate for the Florida Senate in 2018 but lost in the Republican primary.
Assisted suicide is suicide with the aid of another person. In the United States,the term "assisted suicide" is typically used to describe what proponents refer to as medical aid in dying,in which terminally ill adults are prescribed and self-administer barbiturates if they feel that they are suffering significantly. The term is often used interchangeably with physician-assisted suicide (PAS),"physician-assisted dying","physician-assisted death","assisted death" and "medical aid in dying" (MAiD).
The Affordable Care Act (ACA),formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare,is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23,2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment,it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.
The University of Florida College of Medicine –Jacksonville is the largest of the three University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville colleges —medicine,nursing and pharmacy. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 440 faculty members and 380 residents and fellows. The college offers 34 accredited graduate medical education programs and 10 non-standard programs.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Florida have federal protections,but many face legal difficulties on the state level that are not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity became legal in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas on June 26,2003,although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy law. Same-sex marriage has been legal in the state since January 6,2015. Discrimination on account of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment,housing and public accommodations is outlawed following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County. In addition,several cities and counties,comprising about 55 percent of Florida's population,have enacted anti-discrimination ordinances. These include Jacksonville,Miami,Tampa,Orlando,St. Petersburg,Tallahassee and West Palm Beach,among others. Conversion therapy is also banned in a number of cities in the state,mainly in the Miami metropolitan area,but has been struck down by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. In September 2023,Lake Worth Beach,Florida became an official "LGBT sanctuary city" to protect and defend LGBT rights.
Nancy C. Detert was an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of Florida who served as a Sarasota County Commissioner from 2016 until her death. Previously,she represented parts of Sarasota and Charlotte Counties in the Florida Senate,from 2008 to 2016,and served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives,from 1998 to 2006.
William Gregory Steube is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district since 2019. His district is based in Sarasota. A member of the Republican Party,Steube served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Sarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016,as well as two years in the Florida Senate until 2018,representing Sarasota County and the western part of Charlotte County.
United States House of Representatives v. Azar,et al. was a lawsuit in which the United States House of Representatives sued departments and officials within the executive branch,asserting that President Barack Obama acted illegally in his implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit was touted by House Speaker John Boehner,and asserted that President Obama exceeded his constitutional authority in delaying the implementation of the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act and also addressed "Republican opposition to an estimated $175 billion in payments to insurance companies over the next 10 years as part of a cost-sharing program under the healthcare law."
Carlos Luis Curbelo is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 26th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. In 2018,he was narrowly defeated for re-election by Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. He is a member of the Republican Party. Prior to his election to the U.S. House,he served on the Dade County School Board.
Larry Collins Stutts is a member of the Alabama State Senate. He represents the 6th district,which includes Colbert,Franklin,and parts of Marion,Lawrence,and Lauderdale Counties. He was first elected in 2014,beating incumbent Roger Bedford Jr.
The following is a list of efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act,which had been enacted by the 111th United States Congress on March 23,2010.
Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) is a publicly owned 901-bed health care facility located in Sarasota,Florida. It was founded in 1925. The health care facility is a level II trauma center and the flagship facility of the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System,which services Sarasota and Manatee counties. The hospital also serves as central hub for the system's urgent care centers and network of outpatient labs and offices.
Arkansas House Bill 1570,also known as the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act or Act 626,is a 2021 law in the state of Arkansas that bans gender-affirming medical procedures for transgender people under 18,including puberty blockers,hormone therapy,and sex reassignment surgery. The law also bans the use of public funds for and prohibits insurance from covering gender transition procedures,while doctors who provide treatment in violation of the ban can be sued for damages or professionally sanctioned. The measure makes Arkansas the first U.S. state to make gender-affirming medical care illegal.
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