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By Sammy Mack
2/9/2010 © Health News Florida
 A landmark lawsuit that seeks to rewrite Florida's Medicaid policy resumed today in Miami, with plaintiffs charging that state agencies' low pay for doctors and dentists and tendency to switch plans without notice often leave children with no access to care. A related story in Florida Today shows the struggle of dentists who take Medicaid.
By Mary Jo Melone
2/9/2010 © Health News Florida
Donald Alan Tobkin of Hollywood, who has degrees in both medicine and law, lost his state medical license in 2006. Today the Florida Bar asked the state Supreme Court to take away his law license, too.
 2/9/2010 © Pensacola News Journal
Opponents of offshore oil drilling hope to mount the biggest protest in Florida history on Saturday by joining hands along the coastline -- all of it. They've arranged groups in almost every coastal county.
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AvMed patients' data in stolen laptops 2/9/2010 © Gainesville Sun
The theft of two laptops from AvMed Health Plans may have compromised personal information on more than 200,000 patients and their dependents, the company says.
Red tape stalls Haiti evacuations 2/9/2010 © New York Times
Private evacuations of critically injured Haitian children for treatment have halted because many fear kidnapping charges if they transport children without proper paperwork, which is unavailable. Meanwhile, AP reports a UN claim that Haitian hospitals are charging patients for donated medicine. And in Tampa, donated supplies sit waiting.
New teen drivers couldn't carry others 2/9/2010 © News 13
Bills filed in Tallahassee would make it illegal for a newly licensed driver younger than 18 to carry an underage passenger. At 1 today, two lawmakers have scheduled a press conference to announce a bill against texting while driving.
Elevator repair strands wheelchair patient 2/9/2010 © South Florida Sun-Sentinel
An 88-year-old disabled Tamarac woman has been stuck in her second-floor condo for more than a month because the building's elevator has been shut down for repairs.
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