Most workers in Florida are not covered by disability insurance. Therefore, when they are unable to work due to illness or injury, most will not get paid. The State of California and perhaps others, have a system call State Disability Insurance. It is an entirely employee funded system where they contribute a small percentage of their gross income and if and when illness or injury occurs they receive a percentage of their regular weekly income while they are unable to work. I think its time Florida has such a plan to protect the workers. This is zero cost to the employer and is entirely employee paid. Many thanks.

to alleviate physical and psychological conditions

health care reform, Georgia will have made millions in revenue in running the Health care brokerage, But no republican party is more important. we want to deal in health brokerage Mr Deal. let Georgia create its own exchanges and thus control and monitor the citizens interest. please

I am a RN who is working in Las Vegas, Nevada, and I am very concerned with patient to nursing care ratios. Management can assign as many patients to one nurse as they deem appropriate. When management increases the number of patients assigned to a nurse, this also increase the risk of errors by the nurse to the patient and thus decreases patient's safety. I have worked at 4 different hospitals here in Las Vegas, and found that each of these hospitals have allowed for unsafe patient to nurse ratios where in which nursing staff have been so overwhelmed that errors have occured and thus patient safety jeopardized. If your loved one was hospitalized wouldn't you want the best care for them. Please consider having state mandated patient to nurse ration to keep our patient safe from errors and our nurses safe as well.

Sen. Constance Johnson, who made headlines recently when she fought to get a hearing for medical marijuana in the Oklahoma Legislature, has filed legislation that calls upon the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to establish a medical marijuana program in the Sooner State. Separately, she is also sponsoring legislation that would reduce the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Sen. Johnson’s medical marijuana bill, SB 902, is short and to the point. Rather than spelling out all the details in the legislation, the bill simply directs the medical board to develop and adopt rules allowing patients to obtain permission from their doctors to use marijuana and to establish fees for the “licensing, production, distribution, and consumption” of medical marijuana. Johnson’s other bill, SB 914, would lessen the penalty for possession of 1.5 ounces or less from a maximum of one year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000 to a maximum of 10 days in jail and a fine of up to $200.

My mother in law is in serious declining health and she will need constant supervision and will need to go to a skilled nursing facility or assistant living and the cost of doing that is beyond her ability.

Ohio is listed as close to California in rate hikes in double digits. My wife and, seniors in stable health, were hit with hikes of 18 and 16%. The Ohio Dept of Insurance should have the clout to hold such increases to single digits (New York State does--no more than 10%) especially as health care costs for 2013 are projected at 7.5%.

As citizens of Florida we should have the right to a safer alternative mind altering substance. Marijuana is safer than alcohol and tobacco and has no addictive characteristics.

I am a senior and I would benefit from the use of medicinal marijuana. It is legal just over the line from me in DC. I sincerely believe other folks in Maryland would be helped if it could be legalized.

My niece has a bone disease and is in dire need of health insurance.

I had an abdominal CT scan done recently, which took all of 15 minutes. I received a summary of the expense to my insurance and medicare of $4,457.30. I called my insurance to ask about this high price for a scan that only lasted 15 minutes and was told that it is at the discretion of health care institution for the charge. How can someone who has a high deductible or no insurance afford this? It disturbs me that health care is not affordable for all people.

This petition is about using a National Lottery to alleviate the Deficit and to provide funding for Health Insurance for all who need it.