As the debate over the path health insurance reform is to take in our country rages on, many seem to feel that a single payer system remains the best bet for controlling costs and providing coverage to all Americans. Every other industrialized country in the world has this type of system, and spends far less [...]
United Healthcare and Sheridan Healthcare, Inc have come to an agreement which should prove benficial to South Floridians. The long-term agreement will grant access to Sheridan Healthcare’s network of providers eff May 1st to all United Healthcare health insurance members and affiliated company members, such as Neighborhood Health Partnership. Dan Rosenthal, CEO of South Florida’s [...]
Lee Memorial Health System, which owns the majority of hospitals in Lee County, FL, has sent an ultimatim to United Healthcare. If an agreement cannot be reached by August 31 of this year, their contract will terminate. While the contract termination would only affect hospital based services, meaning that clients would not see any changes as [...]
It has become painfully clear that our nation’s health care system is basically dysfunctional and has resulted in roughly 45 million Americans being currently without health insurance. This number is steadily increasing as the unemployment rate continues to climb, and experts say that change must not, and cannot, wait any longer. Some feel that the [...]
Here’s proof that people who have lost their job and health insurance often have no idea where to turn for help with ongoing medical problems, other than the emergency room, based on a letter sent in to the Miami Herald recently. Sonia Garcia wrote to ask for advice after her and her husband had been [...]
While the State Childrens Health Insurance Program will now be able to help a much broader spectrum of needy children receive health care, the tax increase on cigarettes which made the expansion possible is having an impact on small businesses across Florida. The federal tax increase of .62 cents per pack has already slowed sales [...]
A recent study shows that illegal immigrants are having children at a rate much faster than was previously understood, and the majority of these children are being born into poverty. This is having a major impact on the number of citizens without access to health care, with the largest percentage being children. Because any child [...]
States are beginning to pass legislation protecting the rights of autism sufferers and their families. Private insurance companies have been known to deny claims for autism treatment including behavior therapy and other types of intensive care that these victims often require. The cost of care can be quite high and leave families at a loss when [...]
New legislation is in the works to protect breast cancer victims by allowing the physician to decide how long to continue with treatment rather than the health insurance companies. A senior member of the Florida Congressional Delegation, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is working to bring about the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which hopefully would end the [...]
Being overweight can cause a litany of well documented problems such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and cancer. However, the cost to your health is not the only cost you will likely pay if you tip the scales in the wrong direction. For people trying to acquire an individual health insurance policy, the height to [...]