Here are seven takeaways:
1. The series of bills seeks to increase competition, reduce costs and improve access to healthcare.
2. The proposals received support from both Republicans and Democrats.
3. One proposal legalizes out-of-state physicians using telemedicine to serve Floridian patients.
4. Another cuts out payers by permitting patients to contract directly with physicians to pay for primary care.
5. A third proposal grants nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants the authority to prescribe narcotics and other drugs.
6. A fourth proposal seeks to establish recovery centers for patients 72 hours post-surgery. This proposal also increases the amount of time patients may stay at ASCs to 24 hours.
7. The Senate has yet to vote on the proposals listed, among other healthcare bills.
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