Richard Polangin is the
Health Care Policy Coordinator for Florida PIRG. He has 20 years of experience
working in the area of health policy analysis, legislative bill drafting, and
health care program development. He has written two books to help consumers
make better health care decisins, he has been a health care columist, and he has
authored or co-authored studies on a range of health care topics. In addition,
he has helped draft numerous bills in the Florida legislature that have become
law in the areas of rural health, health care regulation, health care quality,
health care practitioner recruitment and providing health care to persons during
emergencies and disasters. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Florida State University.
