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Authored by Nanette Holt via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A growing contingent of people concerned about how hospitals treat COVID-19 is calling on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto a bill the Republican Party is quickly pushing through the state’s legislature. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters Feb. 2 about the need to boost hospitalized patient’s rights at a press conference at Santa Fe College’s construction school in Gainesville, Fla. (Natasha Holt/The Epoch Times) The Republican-led effort seeks to extend a law that grants near-immunity to health care providers for their treatment of COVID-19 , as long as they follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They say the measure still is needed to help health care facilities stay solvent during the pandemic.
The original measure was passed in 2021 and was set to expire in March. But Republicans are pushing an extension bill through the Florida Legislature . The effort seeks to extend the law’s special protections for health care providers through June 1, 2023.
Contention over the bill puts DeSantis, a Republican, in a tricky spot in an election year, with 17 challengers vying for his position.
DeSantis must decide whether to support lawmakers in his own party or listen to conservative groups, setting a powerful example for governors around the country.
Participants in medical freedom rallies across Florida and the rest of the country have decried hospital behavior in the treatment of COVID-19. Many families have asked courts to intervene and help them obtain treatments for their loved ones when all other government-recommended treatments had failed.
DeSantis recently said he’s pushing Florida lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow doctors in his state to go against federal guidelines and prescribe what they think will work best […]
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