Christine Jordan SextonJune 12, 2024
4min0
Senate Republicans pushed to let colleges join the state group health insurance program and to pay the increased costs.
Tag: state group health insurance
Christine Jordan SextonJune 12, 2024Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 31, 2024
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House budget Chair Tom Leek says he's concerned with the solvency of the state group health insurance program.
Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 12, 2023
7min0
The DeSantis administration has stayed out of legislative PBM battles until now.
Christine Jordan SextonJuly 8, 2022
5min0
DeSantis made the announcement as he expressed frustration that a state-run Canadian drug importation program still hasn't gotten federal approval.
Christine Jordan SextonJune 10, 2015
7min140
A House health care panel on Wednesday took up and passed six bills that, combined, leaders say will reduce the cost of health care and, in turn, increase access to doctors and services. The Health and Human Services Committee spent two hours hearing the bills, which range from establishing a new health care provider called […]
Christine Jordan SextonJune 5, 20155min184
While the Senate pushed increasing access to health care for the uninsured during the 2015 Legislative Session, the Florida House steadfastly refused to discuss it, saying the underlying problems in the health care system and Florida’s high uninsured population were because of the steep costs of health care. After debating the Senate FHIX proposal for […]
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 19, 2015
3min206
A House committee approved an overhaul of the state group health insurance plan with little to no debate Thursday morning. The House Health Care Services Committee — which had wrapped up lengthy debate on an adoption bill — had moved to extend the two-hour meeting in case the state group health debate ran long. The […]
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 12, 2015
4min137
House Health & Human Services Committee Chairman Jason Brodeur will be unveiling proposals to redesign the state worker group health insurance plan, including bringing more options of health plan coverage for employees to choose from. Brodeur said he wants the state group plan, which covers more than 361,000 people, to more closely resemble a large […]
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 3, 2015
7min142
While they are hesitant to implement Obamacare provisions and expand access to health care, Florida legislators overwhelmingly tap into the benefits made available to them either for free or deeply discounted rates. Thirty-six of Florida’s 40 state senators are enrolled in the state health insurance plan and 39 of them enroll in the dental plan, […]