Christine Jordan SextonMay 2, 2019
8min340
"Costs of providing benefits are significant, with total expenses for the coming year expected to exceed $ 2.8 billion."
Tag: health insurance
Christine Jordan SextonMay 2, 2019
Drew WilsonFebruary 6, 2019
4min502
"Florida’s patients need the right medication at the right time.”
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 […]
Drew WilsonNovember 2, 2018
4min439
Miami Republican Vance Aloupis, a candidate for House District 115, is out with a new campaign mailer highlighting his work expand free and reduced-cost health coverage for Florida children. Aloupis heads up The Children’s Movement of Florida, a charitable organization devoted improving outcomes for children in the first five years of life. Among the issues […]
Guest AuthorOctober 31, 2018
8min367
In preparation for my trip to the voting booth Nov. 6, I did some extensive reading on the election in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, between Republican Brian Mast and Democrat Lauren Baer. While this midterm election is obviously a vote of confidence (or disapproval) of the Trump administration, I really tried to concentrate on some […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2018
3min433
Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee to fill Ron DeSantis‘ open seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, rolled out two new TV spots Tuesday morning spotlighting health care differences between her and her opponent. The first one, “Hung Up,” deals with difficulties in getting health insurance. In it, Soderberg mentions her accomplishments when she served as Alternate Representative […]
Guest AuthorJuly 24, 2018
3min166
As a nurse in Florida, I had a front-row seat to the positives and negatives of the Affordable Care Act (or ACA). Prior to the ACA, I saw young people kicked off their parent’s insurance, rendering them unable to afford health insurance. Prior to the ACA, I witnessed far too many Floridians unable to get […]
Guest AuthorJuly 12, 2018
4min340
As an advocate for health coverage, I value the progress America has made in recent years. We’ve opened up health insurance to more Floridians, and health plans are welcoming all types of patients and ensuring they obtain great care. These are trends we must entrench and enhance. Leading the ACA enrollment program for the Epilepsy […]
Drew WilsonJune 25, 2018
4min294
Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine is out with a new ad for his gubernatorial campaign detailing his plan to fix Florida’s health care system. The 30-second spot, “Remedy,” is Levine’s first ad covering health care since he hit radio in the early phase of his campaign with English- and Spanish-language ads encouraging listeners to […]
Michael MolineFebruary 14, 2018
5min265
Legislation to bar health insurers from retroactively denying claims passed the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday, after the sponsor promised to keep massaging language allowing insurers to tip off providers that a patient might not be covered. The committee had been poised to vote on updated language allowing insurers to inform doctors that a patient’s policy […]