Miami Beach, Florida — Buying something before you know what you are getting is a quick way to find yourself in trouble. This is definitely true with a Florida health insurance policy. You have to look over all details of a policy before buying. If you do not do this you are increasing your risk [...]
Jacksonville, Florida — 32256 — Most of the Republican leaders are doing a great deal to slow down the new insurance care option. Mar. Senator John Boehner (R) OHIO, said, “he doesn’t know of any doctor who approves the president’s health insurance plan” but, “that is not true”, the Florida health insurance consultant Morgan Moran, said “The truth is, [...]
Consumers almost have no breathing room in this land of inflated premiums. Aetna and Blue Cross and Blue Sheild, which are based out of Jacksonville, own almost 45% of the Florida’s market. They can “reap oversized profits and raise premiums with impunity,” Health Care for America Now had stated in a recent report. As a health reform advocacy group, Health [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]