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Navigators Not Welcome at Health Dept.
The Florida Department of Health has become the latest arm of state government to distance itself from the federal Affordable Care Act. It has ordered county health units not to allow outreach workers...
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Pinellas Shocked at DOH Barring Navigators
Pinellas County government officials suffered a blow Wednesday when they learned about the state Department of Health's order barring enrollment Navigators from local health department property.The...
View ArticleSebelius: Feds Holding Billions Of Dollars For Florida
Click the play button above to hear the radio version of this post by WUSF health reporter Carol Gentry.Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has become the Obama administration's envoy...
View ArticlePutting A Face On 'The Forgotten'
While most of the uninsured will be able to get subsidized health coverage Jan. 1 under the Affordable Care Act, the poorest adults under 65 will be out of luck in many states, including Florida.You...
View ArticleObamacare Surge Delays Benefits For Florida Blue Enrollees
Florida Blue may have bitten off more than it can chew with its new plans under the Affordable Care Act.
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Scott Budget Leaves Out Uninsured
Judging from what they say and what's in the proposed state budget, Florida's top elected officials care about children, the elderly and the seriously disabled. Also, businesses of all sizes.
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This HMO Can Be Fixed: New CEO
Florida Healthcare Plus, a financially struggling Medicare Advantage plan, has brought in a new CEO who's an experienced senior-products executive and turnaround artist.Susan Rawlings Molina, who...
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Biggest Success? DCF Overhaul
The 2014 Florida Legislature passed a number of bills relating to health care, most of them modest in scope. But at least one that passed will probably save lives: the Child Welfare Act, which in part...
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$267M Demand Is Not Coercion: FHA
Federal health officials are issuing audit reports and rushing to collect $267 million in alleged overpayments to some Florida hospitals to close the books on an old program, says Florida Hospital...
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Sexting Doctor: 'I Was Stressed Out'
A doctor accused of sending sexually explicit videos and texts to a patient should be barred from treating females and should be suspended until he completes a psychiatric evaluation, the Florida Board...
View ArticleHurricanes: Tips on Homeowners' Insurance
Florida’s private homeowners’ insurance market is “the worse it’s ever been” in the past five years according to Michael Letcher, president of the Home Insurance Buyers Guide.“To me, the health of the...
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'Navigator' Grants: $4.2M to USF
University of South Florida will receive the lion's share of "Navigator Grants" being issued for Florida, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is to...
View ArticleParalyzed Navy Veteran Propelled into Dance
Dwayne Scheuneman is a Navy veteran who was paralyzed after a diving accident. But thanks to his drive and determination, he has become a successful wheelchair athlete– most recently winning four gold...
View ArticleArizona Homeopathic Doc To Give Up FL License
A doctor accused of giving a toddler a fatal dose of an unapproved drug was declared “very, very dangerous” at a meeting of the Florida Board of Medicine on Friday. But she escaped serious discipline...
View ArticleCigna Pulls Out Of FL Marketplace, Cites Abuse
Two weeks before the federal Health Insurance Marketplace opens for enrollment, a major national company is withdrawing its Florida plans from the exchange.
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