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  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Super Bowl Tax Is Anti-American

    Wild Art: Rick Scott's inauguration yesterday (Lisa Macci/Facebook) ​ -- After the post on Sheriff Al Lamberti's taking of liberties with official Super Bowl credentials to get his son into the game, the South Florida Times has come out with a report on a "secret" Super Bowl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2010

    Drug Company Pay-Outs to Physicians: Fact of Life or a Wrench in Patient Care?

    via cheezburger.com​​ProPublica, the "independent non-profit newsroom," which won a Pulitzer this year for investigative reporting, recently released an ongoing investigation (Dollars for Docs) into doctors' compensation from pharmaceutical companies and the effect it has on patient care. The in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Broward Health Commissioner Says System Will Be Less Political as a Nonprofit

    browardhealth.orgCommissioner Richard Paul-Hus​If the North Broward Hospital District follows through on plans to lease its assets to a nonprofit organization, then it will "take the politics out" of managing that public hospital district, according to Commissioner Richard Paul-Hus, who responded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Three Questions for Your Local, Scandal-Plagued Public Hospital District

    Broward General Medical Center: Scene of the crime?​It's time to start paying attention to what's happening at the North Broward Hospital District (AKA Broward Health). Or rather, it was time back in January, when Gov. Charlie Crist removed two commissioners who were going to reform the district f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Morning Juice: Insurance Company Abandons Local Teen; BSO Deputy Kills Burglar Suspect

    ​Let's see what's in the news this Monday morning:In a move that should come as no surprise to loyal Juice readers, Deerfield Beach's Mango Festival was canceled after one day, apparently because the promoters ran out of money to pay for the sound system. No indication whether ticket purchases wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    State Ethics Commission, Broward Prosecutor Clear Hospital Commissioner

    browardhealth.orgFernandez​Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez is breathing a bit easier these days. He won't face criminal charges or disciplinary action in connection with a conflict of interest between his public role and his private-sector work.A few weeks ago, the Florida Commission on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    After Health-Care Reform Is Signed, Will We Need Public Hospital Districts?

    FlickrHouse Majority Whip James Clyburn and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after last night's passage of the health-care reform bill.​The U.S. health-care system has a tradition for cruelty toward the uninsured, and in Broward and Palm Beach counties, public hospital districts were created to deal with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    The American Medical Association Wants to Tax Your Pizza

    ​This, according to a post today on Worstpizza.com.The AMA recently published an article that calls for a "fat tax" to be levied on pizza, soda, and other supposed junk foods. The flat 18 percent tax would, according to the article, deter people from eating high-calorie, low-nutrition foods like p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Criminal Investigation Launched Against Another Hospital Commissioner

    browardhealth.orgFernandez​Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez is being investigated by the Broward State Attorney's Office for criminal corruption. The investigation was launched after Juice reported potential conflicts of interest between Fernandez's public office and his private work as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    In Broward and Palm Beach Hospitals, 266 Patients Treated for Injuries from Haiti Quake

    Flickr: IFRC​After the earthquake struck Haiti, there wasn't time to decide exactly what role South Florida hospitals would play in treating victims. Nor was there time to figure out how those facilities would be paid in instances where the victims were Haitian citizens. But three weeks after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    [UPDATED] Public Hospital District Spent Thousands on Machines That Didn't Exist

    Flickr: Suubi TrustA SonoSite ultrasound in action.​UPDATE: Broward Health just e-mailed new information containing its explanation for the strange entries I cite below. In short, they say they're the product of a computer glitch. I've copied that explanation on the bottom of this post.Since 2001 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    New Blood at Broward Health Board?

    browardhealth.orgJaeger's former seat on the hospital board has yet to be filled.​A source at Broward Health tells us that the public hospital district CEO Frank Nask is walking with a skip in his step today, reportedly because he learned that Gov. Charlie Crist is close to appointing two new comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Hospital Commissioner's Emails Reveal Personal Rivalries, Ethical Gray Areas

    browardhealth.orgNask​Broward Health Commissioner Robert Bernstein is known both for his emphasis on ethics and for his short temper. In a string of emails to the district's CEO, it appears he was torn between those two impulses.On one hand, Bernstein was an enthusiastic supporter of ethics reform ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Puppet Master at Hospital District: George LeMieux

    lemieux.senate.govGeorge LeMieux​Long before George LeMieux was selected by Charlie Crist to be the state's newest U.S. Senator, he was the most powerful figure in the North Broward Hospital District. An episode from this past March illustrates LeMieux's godfather-like role. That month Marc Goldst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Broward Health Hit With Whistleblower Lawsuits

    browardhealth.orgMarc Goldstone​Shortly after Marc Goldstone began his new job as general counsel of Broward Health in November of last year, he found that the public hospital district -- which is among the nation's largest -- had been violating a range of federal laws and court orders, some of wh ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    School Board Member Stephanie Kraft Has a History of Shady Deals

    browardhealth.orgMarc Goldstone​Shortly after Marc Goldstone began his new job as general counsel of Broward Health in November of last year, he found that the public hospital district -- which is among the nation's largest -- had been violating a range of federal laws and court orders, some of wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    In West Palm, Health Care Protesters May Have to Be Dragged Away

    Tomorrow at 11 a.m., health care reform advocates will gather at the West Palm Beach location of Humana, the health care insurance company, demanding that it stop denying coverage to policyholders with preexisting conditions and life-threatening illnesses. It may lead to scenes like the one above, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2009

    Latin Festival: Food, Music, and Blood Pressure

    Tomorrow at 11 a.m., health care reform advocates will gather at the West Palm Beach location of Humana, the health care insurance company, demanding that it stop denying coverage to policyholders with preexisting conditions and life-threatening illnesses. It may lead to scenes like the one above, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    The Man Beneath Charlie Crist's Wings

    The Sun-Sentinel's report on Charlie Crist's air travel (along with a parallel investigation by the Times/Herald Tally bureau) supports my image of the man who is our governor. He's a politician who wants to hobnob with the elite while trying keep his own hands cle ... More >>

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Are We Really in Good Hands?

    The outlook for the North Broward Hospital District without Alan Levine is cloudy

  • Music

    August 9, 2007

    Velvet Revolver

    Libertad (RCA)

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2006

    North Broward Hospital District Admits Shell Game

    Libertad (RCA)

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 12, 2005

    Best Solo Art Exhibition

    "Louise Bourgeois: Stitches in Time"

  • Subtropical Life

    May 12, 2005

    Best Local Girl Gone Bad

    Elizabeth Fago

  • Culture

    March 3, 2005

    Artbeat

    Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

  • Culture

    February 10, 2005

    Why Wyeth?

    America's most beloved artist can make you nostalgic for places you've never been

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2005

    People's Painter

    America's most beloved artist can make you nostalgic for places you've never been

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Hospital Giveaway

    A secret plan to shovel millions to a private school.

  • Dining

    July 8, 2004

    Foodstuff

    A secret plan to shovel millions to a private school.

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    The Great Slurp

    Gov. Bush's Scripps gamble is sucking up state funds -- and the Everglades with it

  • Subtropical Life

    May 13, 2004

    Best Political Activist

    Jane Kreimer

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2003

    Fall Fest

    Ringing in autumn the old-fashioned way

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Troubled Endings

    For-profit hospice care provider Vitas Healthcare sacrifices patient needs for the bottom line

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Canary in a Coal Mine

    The drug that could help Shelley Rozolsky is too experimental for her county-sponsored health plan

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    The Dentist Is Out

    The closure of a publicly funded children's dental clinic has low-income patients down in the mouth

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    The Dearly Departed

    Tax collectors and employees alike have decried Susan Telli's free-spending, power-hungry ways at Broward's Hospice Care. So why is she still in charge?

  • Film

    June 25, 1998

    Afterthought Special

    Tax collectors and employees alike have decried Susan Telli's free-spending, power-hungry ways at Broward's Hospice Care. So why is she still in charge?

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