Jim Turner
Sep 21, 2023
As Gov. Ron DeSantis prepares to roll out priorities for the 2024 legislative session, he signaled support for joining legislative leaders in addressing health-care issues.
TALLAHASSEE --- As Gov. Ron DeSantis prepares to roll out priorities for the 2024 legislative session, he signaled support for joining legislative leaders in addressing health-care issues.
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, has been gathering input about how to boost the number of health-care providers in the state.
“We do not have enough providers, whether it be physicians, nurses, technicians … facilities to handle our current population comfortably and easily,” Passidomo said during an appearance this summer on the City & State Florida podcast “Deeper Dive With Dara Kam.”
Also, House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, created the House Select Committee on Health Innovation this month. The committee will “review issues relating to access and affordability in health care,” Renner said in a memo to House members.
Appearing Monday in Jacksonville, DeSantis said efforts are underway to make health care more affordable.
“I've talked and spoken to her (Passidomo), we're going to work together on some health-care stuff,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis also highlighted a bill he signed in May that places restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs, which play a role in negotiating drug prices while acting as something of middlemen in the health-care system.