Advocacy

St. Petersburg, Fla. – AARP Florida State Director Jeff Johnson issued the following statement urging AARP members and other consumers in the Panhandle to raise their voices on a proposed $106.8 million Gulf Power Co. rate increase.

St. PETERSBURG, FLA. — AARP today launched a comprehensive campaign to protect Medicare in the face of proposals by some in Congress that would hurt hardworking Floridians who have paid into the program their entire working lives.

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TALLAHASSEE -- AARP Florida has honored six Florida state legislators with its “Capitol Caregiver” award for their work in the 2016 Florida legislative session on helping to ease Florida’s nursing shortage, establishing a state commission to study emerging opportunities in using telecommunications technology to deliver health and long-term care services, allowing advanced registered nurse practitioners and licensed physician assistants to prescribe medicines, and improving oversight of professional guardians.

Florida strives to be a national trendsetter for many things but not this: The Sunshine State No. 1 in tax identity theft and fraud nationwide. Most targets are older residents who are unaware that they have been swindled.

Utility Monopoly Gets Unanimous OK From Government Panel for Unwarranted Rate Increase

Florida is short on nurses. The state was more than 12,000 short in 2015, with additional vacancies arising this year.

TALLAHASSEE – AARP Florida asked the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) Thursday to reject a proposed $800-million-plus proposed settlement agreed to by Florida Power & Light Inc. (FPL) and groups representing some of FPL’s business and institutional customers.

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