President Obama has made the vow to reform the health insurance industry, in part by cutting wasteful spending. Something that may fall into this category of “waste” are agent and broker commissions. Already during his campaign, Obama mentioned how much money is wasted on Medicare Advantage Plans which are offered by major health insurance carriers [...]
Obama continues to make health care a focus of his administration after health insurance industry leaders announce a plan to save $2 trillion dollars over the next 10 years by eliminating inefficiencies and wasted spending. However, critics call the proposal vague and unenforceable and offering no guarantee of actual savings. Without a clear plan, it [...]
In 2005, Governor Jeb Bush initiated a pilot program which granted the state of Florida $1 billion in federal funds each year to provide no cost health insurance to the uninsured. However, there was a clause in the program that in order to continue receiving the funding, the program must be expanded by 2011. The [...]
Florida was once touted as a national model for its children’s healthcare program, but now is seen as one of the most complicated and difficult programs in the country. The Florida KidCare program which provides health insurance assitance to low income families has been long in need of an overhaul. With more than 5,000 children [...]
Florida is seeing dangerously high numbers of citizens without health insurance, both working and nonworking. Florida is well known for two things, its aging population and its great number of small businesses and service based industries. The problem is that many of these small companies and low paying jobs do not offer a group health [...]
For Vivian Madison-Mahoney, saying that massage is not a legitamate profession or worthy of belonging in the field of practiced medicine is a slap in the face. Vivian has been in the profession for over 25 years and serves as the insurance consultant for the Florida State Massage Therapy Association. Attending a recent Health conference [...]
While some Universities, such as the University of Florida, have enacted rules that require students to carry health insurance before being allowed to attend classes, as many as 20% of college students across the nation do not have health insurance coverage. Much of this stems from the fact that college aged people are often young [...]
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has made a promise to former Miami Heat star player that he will not only pass a law offering new hope for kidney transplant patients, but he will name the law in honor of him. The Alonzo Mourning Access to Care Act would allow patients under 65 with end-stage renal disease [...]