Manatee County discovered recently through a university study that a number of organizations involved in health care should get together and share information to potentially fix some of the problems inherent in the health care industry. Among their findings was the fact that far too many people use the emergency room for non-emergency treatments, most [...]
Obama has declared that too much money is being paid to insurers for offering Medicare products, and that part of his proposed health care reform plan will involve cutting out the middle man and reducing government spending in the program. Medicare can be purchased directly at a much lower cost, but billions of dollars are [...]
Many Americans have feared that as the problem with the economy grows more epic in scale, the health insurance reform promised by Obama would have to fall to the wayside. Not so, according to Florida health insurance specialist, Morgan Moran. Moran feels that the recent appointment of Tom Daschl as Secretary of Health and Human [...]
In Florida, nearly two and a half residents depend on a government provided health care known as Medicaid. Unfortunately, as the economy suffers and more people find themselves without a job, without health insurance, and looking to the government for assistance, the budget for these programs is being pushed to the limit, and beyond. Medicaid [...]
Facing bankruptcy and possibly losing her house, Joann Swan is now physically healthy, but financially she is anything but. Although a Florida resident, Swan was visiting her daughter in Virginia when she became ill. It was a matter of very bad timing, as she had decided to upgrade her insurance and was in the process [...]
It’s Medicare season again, a time when plans are changed and seniors are forced to face the increasingly difficult task of sifting through options and choices and trying to decide which plan will be best for them. That’s if they are paying attention. Many seniors, overwhelmed or too set in their ways to face a [...]
Fisherman’s Hospital in Marathon FL may now be under the ownership of Babtist Health, making it the second of three area hospitals to belong to Babtist Health. The hospital is currently a community owned, nonprofit institution, but has a very low occupency rate. Babtist plans to offer assistance to uninsured citizens who are under the [...]
Glenn Mans, a retired employee of the Florida Transportation System and his wife, a school board employee, are finding the rise in the cost of living more than they can manage. With the cost of food, utilities, fuel, and health insurance all on the rise, and their income remaining the same, the couple has to [...]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is revolutionizing the way we think of buying insurance as it opens several “Blue Store” in Florida. The original store was opened in Pembroke Pines, Florida, but there is also one in the Town Center of Jacksonville, FL. The store offers plans for as low as $20 a [...]
The Quantum Group, Inc, a healthcare organization based in Wellington, FL has announced that it will expand in to several additional Florida counties. The counties make up over 85% of the Medicare population of Florida and the company is very excited about the potential for this growth. How do you think the outcome of the [...]