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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A recent survey conducted by JD Power and Associates shows that individuals with private health insurance and insurance through small businesses are overall much less satisfied than people enrolled through a large company health plan. This is little suprise given the factors involved in the study including coverage and benefits, provider choice, information and communication, claims [...]
Seemingly everyone is suffering right now, with the unemployment rate higher than it has been in over two decades. While nothing can have a greater immediate impact on your finances than losing a job, if you add medical bills on top of this, it can spell disaster. Unmanageable medical bills have long been a leading [...]
The rate of uninsured Floridians is reaching epidemic proportions as more and more people are losing their jobs and their health insurance benefits. Experts fear that the loss of coverage will drive many more people to use expensive emergency rooms for treatment, which will then fall on tax payers and hurt the bottom line of [...]
Led by three women from Florida State University’s Medical School and College of Information, a forum was held recently to raise issues which effect community health and to discuss ways to handle them. After a lively discussion involving much audience participation from citizens of a variety of neighboring counties, severl issues came to the head [...]
Florida Governor Charlie Crist presented the idea of merging the Agency for Health Care Administration with the Department of Health in an effort to save money. The idea was met with little enthusiasm, as it was estimated to only save roughly $2 million. Critics of the proposal assert that it would cost more than that [...]