The Miami Herald: Tallahassee's Pill Mills In the lust to override lame-duck Gov. Charlie Crist's vetoes on a handful of bills, the overwhelmingly Republican Legislature passed a law that requires legislative approval for any new government rules that cost more than $1 million over five years. ... it turns out the measure had a nasty side effect: It also halted the imposition of new regulations on the state's pill mills, which help feed an illegal pill pipeline (12/3). 

The Houston Chronicle: Defeating Diabetes As we review those proposals in the state report, we can't help but notice both the importance of attention to diabetes early in life and the central role in that effort that is played by the CHIP program, which has been targeted for budget cuts by some in the state's leadership (12/2).

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