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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]