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	Podcast:		Capital Report
	Episode:		Capital Report: 03-18-2019
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:28:58
	Publish Date:		2019-03-17 23:00:00
	Description:		Stories of high-priced prescription drugs and mothers having to choose whether to buy medicine or food are staples of the prescription drug price debate. Governor Ron DeSantis is responding to those issues by proposing the state import medications from other countries. But as Blaise Gainey others aren’t on the same page. The Florida House is tackling healthcare reform. Efforts in the past have yielded incremental results, but Lynn Hatter reports that’s not stopping House Speaker Jose Oliva, even as it sets up a potential clash with the Senate. A bill to provide no-interest loans to farmers whose crops are impacted by natural disasters has cleared its first Senate committee. Backed by Republican Senator Ben Albritton, the measure is intended to help farmers whose livelihoods have been threatened by Hurricane Michael. Ahead of its first committee stop, Ryan Dailey spoke with the Florida Farm Bureau’s head of legislative affairs Adam Basford, and a Holmes County farmer whose crop was
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