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Christine Jordan SextonMarch 18, 2015

Employers can sign prepaid contracts with primary care providers on behalf of their employees and it won’t be considered an insurance policy under an amended bill approved by a House subcommittee on Wednesday. The bill, HB 7047, was amended, with little to no debate and advanced by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee by a […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 17, 2015

Despite testimony urging them to be wary of tapping into any increased Medicaid funding, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on Tuesday passed its Medicaid expansion bill that would provide coverage to an estimated 800,000 uninsured Floridians. Though the committee had been given three hours to debate and discuss SB 7044, sponsored […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 23, 2015

Primary care doctors are often the lowest paid providers but they can play a key role in transforming the health care delivery system and, perhaps, expand access to health care under the Affordable Care Act. So says physician Garrison Bliss, co-founder of a successful direct primary care practice called Qliance. Bliss traveled from Washington state to Florida this […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 23, 2015

Primary care doctors are often the lowest paid providers but they can play a key role in transforming the health care delivery system and, perhaps, expand access to health care under the Affordable Care Act. So says physician Garrison Bliss, co-founder of a successful direct primary care practice called Qliance. Bliss traveled from Washington state to Florida this […]

Guest AuthorNovember 25, 2014

According to a Gallup poll conducted this summer asking people how much confidence they have in various institutions, only 7 percent of Americans said they trusted Congress a great deal or quite a lot. A mere 29 percent trusted the presidency.   Small business, on the other hand, came in second, with 62 percent considering it […]

Dominic CalabroNovember 18, 2014

We all know individuals who spend more than they have. Often, these money mis-managers take on credit card debt and fail to save. They spend their additional income before they pay off old debts. Eventually, they spiral out of control. Their home is foreclosed; their cars impounded. Granted, not all people who find themselves in […]

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New health option? Bill allows employers to enter direct primary care contracts

Medicaid expansion passes its 2nd Senate panel unanimously

House looking at "direct primary care" model for Florida

House looking at “direct primary care” model for Florida

Bill Herrle:  Give thanks by ‘shopping small’  on Saturday

Calabro and Herrle: Overgenerous pensions hurt taxpayers, beneficiaries