Health News Florida: "Sen. Mike Haridopolos kicked off a three-day 'Health Care Solutions Tour' in Miami today with a slide show that hit the major Republican talking points, including warnings about the cost of 'Obamacare' and the surge in the Medicaid program it will create. After a tour of the Borinquen Community Health Center in downtown, Haridopolos hosted a 'roundtable' discussion. About 40 local health care facility representatives and elected officials crammed into a conference room intended for less than half that number. However, patients weren't in evidence, which drew a protest from an advocacy group" (McVicar, 8/4).

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