Marion County, Florida, has enforced a ban on hiring smokers, an decision which some have called a civil rights issue. The county defends that this decision was made to keep health insurance costs down for all of its workers, and places the non-smoker requirement on its applications for county employment. Opponents feel that this is highly discriminatory [...]

People tend to view smoking as a terrible vice, almost to the point that those who smoke should be punished for it. We have moved them out of restaraunts and offices, and made them almost a source of embarrassment in society. Some of this seems justified, as the practice of smoking causes cancer and other [...]

Florida’s largest health insurance companies know that things are going to be changing, and soon. The days of underwriting, charging exorbanately high premium,  and denying claims may be coming to an end if our new president has his way. Barack Obama has vowed to alter the very basic structure of the way health care is [...]

Amidst the current tumultuous economic climate, fear among the baby boomer generation regarding their health insurance benefits is even more profound and justified than it would otherwise be. More and more members of this age group are facing losing their jobs, either due to being laid off or being forced to retire early and being replaced by [...]

It is sad and frightening to think that in a time of greatest need, perhaps fighting for your life against cancer or some equally insidious disease, that one should also have to rally the energy to fight the insurance companies as well. But all too often, this is the case. Private insurance companies have the [...]

Lakeside Occupational Medical Center, Inc has recently announced its acquisition of BayCare Health system’s two occupational medical centers in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. BayCare felt that Lakeside has demonstrated a committment to the quality of health care in the Tampa area for 30 years, and that acquisition will prove to further increase the high standards [...]

Florida, which is high on a bad list when it comes to health insurance coverage for its children, is pushing to help resolve that problem. Alex Sink and Kathy Castor, two prominant Florida Democrats are pushing for Obama to approve expansion of SCHIP, or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. The program was designed to [...]

Amidst fear that Florida nursing homes would suffer from sever budget cuts leaving them potentially understaffed and unable to provide adequate care, that fear has been subdued as Florida legislators announced recently that nursing homes would be exempted from the budget cuts in health care and would actually be receiving more money instead of less. [...]

There are many places to get good information these days on the World Wide Web.  You have Internet portals like Wikipedia that can offer you an online encyclopedia site that gives very accurate information.  A Health Insurance Blog is a great place to find information on the newest plans and knowledge base today.  Health Blogs [...]

Times are tough for everyone these days, but especially for Floridians who now find themselves without work and with the task of procuring their own insurance coverage. Florida is one of nine states in which the cost of COBRA in Florida is high, insurance available to people for a certain period of time after they [...]