According to the U.S. Chamber’s Enterprising States Study, Florida’s cost of living currently ranks as the 25th-highest in the nation. The declines in health, safety and housing measures in recent years suggest that Florida’s standard of living for families and workers needs attention.
Soaring health care premiums are a threat to Florida’s small businesses and job creation and will hurt the expansion and growth of Florida’s businesses and economy which could turn companies looking to move or expand in Florida to other states. Rising insurance costs on Floridians significantly hurts Florida’s business climate.
Ensuring Florida provides a place where businesses want to grow and people want to live, work and play is an important quality of life pillar. To secure Florida’s future, the Florida Chamber championed important bills through the 2012 Legislative Session that will strengthen Florida’s health care community.
Graduate Medical Education Funding (SB 730)
To secure Florida’s future and help ensure a healthy quality of life, lawmakers passed a Florida Chamber-backed bill that will add more medical school residency positions.
Florida’s abysmal 43rd national ranking in the number of medical school residents in relation to our population is embarrassing. Approximately 2,700 additional medical school residency positions are needed in Florida to simply meet the national average per population.
With leadership from Sen. Anitere Flores (R-Miami), health care plans participating in Florida’s managed care program will assist in funding additional medical residency positions at graduate medical education institutions.
Governor Scott is expected to sign this bill into law.
Broward County business, civic and government leaders have announced the launch of the Six Pillars Strategic Planning process for the county.
The Six Pillars process, which is being led by the Florida Chamber Foundation at the state level, is meant to help communities statewide prosper and create high-paying jobs through a visioning process which looks to a 20-year horizon
From shop owners, who know little about Tallahassee politics, to the powerful business lobby that thought up many of carefully crafted tax breaks, the Legislature this year proved a friendly place.
Soaring health care premiums are a threat to Florida’s small businesses and job creation and will hurt the expansion and growth of Florida’s businesses and economy which could turn companies looking to move or expand in Florida to other states. Rising insurance costs on Floridians significantly hurts Florida’s business climate. The Florida Chamber of Commerce is committed to insurance reform to ensure that Florida is the No. 1 job creator in the nation.
