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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Reports chronicle looming healthcare crisis across Florida, Jacksonville Business Journal

December 31, 2008

NORTHEAST FLORIDA – First was a failing grade for access to the state’s emergency rooms. Then came a forecast of doctor shortages. And the latest report on mass layoffs in health care is yet another sobering report on the state of health care in Florida.

The final month of 2008 left a lot to chew on for health care officials and state lawmakers — evidence of an erosion in the state’s health care system that isn’t expected to improve in 2009.

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