A bipartisan pair of state lawmakers spent 90 minutes Thursday hearing from health care professionals about what is wrong with the system in Florida and what might be done to change it.

Contending that all healthcare is local, Florida state Rep. Gallop Franklin (D-Tallahassee) has been holding roundtable discussions with physicians, hospital administrators, members of provider organizations, and academic institutions around the state to gain insight about the biggest problems in the system.

After previous meetings in Miami and Tallahassee, Franklin came to Tampa Thursday, where he co-chaired a roundtable discussion with state Rep. Adam Anderson (R-Tarpon Springs) and more than three dozen health care professionals at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.

With dozens of issues to c

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