Newsletter: first-person and reported accounts of the health care system by Barred Owl Press writers.
By Alexandra Glorioso
March 25, 2024A Tallahassee judge gave a verbal ruling on Thursday saying that Florida’s 15-week ban was unconstitutional on its face.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
January 28, 2022A state contractor hasn't been paying health providers, who may soon be forced to shutter.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
June 03, 2021When was the last time your doctor called or texted just to check in on you?
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By Alexandra Glorioso
May 27, 2021Look no further than the most recent Florida legislative session to see how hospitals dominate, at patients’ expense.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
May 17, 2021My older brother died peacefully in his sleep at an Ohio hospital on Monday morning.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
May 14, 2021Making hospitals proactive and efficient could have a dramatic effect on the patient experience.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
May 07, 2021When it comes to men, who are used to being in control, the health system seems particularly inadequate.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
May 04, 2021Every five years I survive, the more likely my chances are that I will survive another five years.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
April 30, 2021I quit my treatment program because it was making me crazy but I feel so naive for thinking I could leave.
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By Kerry Kriseman
April 29, 2021I’ve often thought about that day and why I persisted in the face of such a dire diagnosis, given so casually.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
April 23, 2021Americans without good access to preventative medicine would be helped the most by our system going directly to patients.
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By Alexandra Glorioso
April 01, 2021This is a system that traps us, in what one of my doctors called, the “medical mill.”
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