Scott PowersOctober 14, 2020
4min582
It's nearly unanimous.
Tag: health care costs
Scott PowersOctober 14, 2020
Drew WilsonJanuary 31, 2020
3min520
A $9.5 million appropriation went a long way.
Staff ReportsApril 19, 2019
4min272
"This bill puts patients in jeopardy.”
Drew WilsonApril 19, 2019
4min454
“Too many have already died from counterfeit drugs."
Peter SchorschDecember 14, 2017
3min244
The Florida Medical Association is teaming up with a Sunrise-based tech company to help patients better understand the cost of medical care by swiping a card after an appointment. The deal, announced Thursday, gives FMA doctors access to “ezVerify,” a software platform from Automated HealthCare Solutions that promises to identify patient-specific health insurance information in […]
Associated PressMay 7, 2017
10min248
Unease and uncertainty are settling over Americans with serious illnesses as Republicans move closer to dismantling Democratic former President Barack Obama‘s health care system. A New Orleans attorney with multiple sclerosis fears he’ll be forced to close his practice if he loses coverage, while a Philadelphia woman with asthma is looking at stockpiling inhalers. The […]
Guest AuthorOctober 4, 2016
5min207
Though death and taxes have long been thought to be the two certainties in life, it’s now looking like skyrocketing health care costs comes in a close third. Florida state officials recently approved an average health insurance premium increase of 19 percent. And these hikes come after state officials raised rates 9.5 percent last year […]
Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 20162min357
A measure sponsored by Palm Harbor Republican Rep. Chris Sprowls to provide more transparency about health care costs advanced in the House Health & Human Services Committee on Wednesday. Sprowls said that among the provisions in the bill (HB 1175) would include allowing access for patients to learn about specific cost assessments that hospitals charge, as […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 15, 20164min503
A new survey of health care costs shows that for-profit hospitals in Florida can save patients up to $650 per day compared to either nonprofits or facilities managed by state and local governments. At one time, a trip to the hospital was a rare occasion. People living in rural, out-of-the-way communities were often treated at […]
Guest AuthorNovember 2, 2015
6min315
If you believe that smoking cures cancer and rainfall is a fix for flooding, then Gov. Rick Scott has some health care proposals for you. Scott wants to foist a battery of new regulations onto about 129 hospitals across Florida in 2016 as a means of improving health care. He has proposed requiring them to […]