"In a deal tying two controversial health-care issues, a Senate
committee Thursday approved a plan that would put new restrictions on
medical-malpractice lawsuits and expand optometrists' power to prescribe
drugs," according to a News-Press post. "The deal, which surfaced in a
65-page amendment in the Health Regulation Committee, came after
negotiations between the Florida Medical Association and the optometric
industry --- longtime adversaries about the prescribing issue.
In
effect, the amendment would provide medical-malpractice legal
restrictions that the FMA has made a top priority. In exchange, the FMA
agreed to go along with allowing optometrists to prescribe some oral
medications." Read more.
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