Anne GeggisNovember 26, 2021
5min1028
Eligibility for KidCare, the state's subsidized health insurance for kids, hasn't expanded since 2012.
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Anne GeggisNovember 26, 2021
Drew WilsonDecember 5, 2018
4min930
The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation board recently approved the 2019 rate schedule for the health plans they offer, opting to stay the course with the current premium schedule. That means prices will remain the same for the 2019 plan year —which began Oct. 1 for the subsidized plan and will begin on Jan. 1 for […]
Ryan NicolSeptember 4, 2018
7min508
A new series of ads from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee knock U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo on his vote last year to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The 30-second ads depict two fictional letters addressed to Curbelo. The first spot, titled “Open Letter,” imagines a health care executive thanking Curbelo for increasing his company’s profits at […]
Peter SchorschOctober 3, 2017
3min273
State health agencies are relaxing premium deadlines this month for the state’s KidCare programs, giving the many low-income families in the system a little room to breathe post-Irma. The Agency for Health Care Administration announced the extension along with the Florida Department of Health Children’s Medical Services (CMS) and Florida Healthy Kids Corporation in a […]
Associated PressSeptember 26, 2017
6min208
Premiums for health care plans sold on the Affordable Care Act’s federal exchange and outside the exchange will rise an average of 45 percent in Florida this year, according to state officials. However that doesn’t mean consumers will end up spending more money. In fact, they could end up seeing slight decreases. Florida’s Office of […]
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 […]