According to the Orlando Florida Sentinel more and more young blue collar workers in Florida are going without health insurance simply because they cannot afford it. Experts are saying that this could be very detrimental and could cause many problems in the future. The number of uninsured individuals has escalated by 14 million since 2000. [...]
The University Florida Health Science Campus and Shands Health care facility in Gainesville Florida has officially gone tobacco free. As of November 2010 the use of any tobacco products on campus or in the parking lots will be prohibited. This decision to go tobacco free supports the facilities commitment to provide a healthy environment for [...]
According to a recent report released by consumer advocates, health insurance companies in Florida control so much business that they have subdued competition and fueled health insurance inflation in the state. Due to the lack of health insurance competition in Florida and nationally it has lead to insurance premiums increasing and ultimately contributes to the [...]
According to Chrystal Hutchinson the Deputy Director of Florida Consumer Action Network states the American needs to address the long history of discrimination in medical treatment and revamp the way Dr’s, hospitals, health insurance companies and government programs provide care. According to a recent study 26 percent of African Americans in Florida are uninsured a [...]
According toance the Republican Representative of Florida Ander Crenshaw, the United States has the best quality of health care in the world, but when tons of Americans’ cannot access it we have a disaster. Crenshaw states that the first priority with reform should be to lower health care cost and health insurance so that more [...]
75 people rallied outside of United States Senate Bill Nelson’s office in Florida on Thursday, hoping to encourage President Obama’s vision of healthcare insurance reform.People are frustrated with Nelson’s lack of information and how he is planning on voting on the healthcare reform specifics. The town’s people want Senator Nelson to get off the fence and [...]
Health Insurance is a growing national issue: Health care costs are forcing people into financial ruin. The problem encourages a push to offer medical coverage to the roughly 60 million uninsured and under-insured American citizens. A Harvard University study a few months ago found that 65 percent of bankruptcy cases in the United States in [...]
When buying health insurance you do not want to be alone if you have no clue of what you are doing. Instead, you want to hire somebody who can be on your side, such as a Florida health insurance broker. When you are working with a broker you always have a friend who can help [...]
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 [...]
Jacksonville, Florida — It likes like there are many new studies available offering the idea that urgent care centersoffer payers and health insurance (care) consumers significant savings for most basic medical care that sometimes takes place in many of the local Florida Emergency Rooms.
Jacksonville health insurance consumers could have saved $115 million in 2006. That would have been the estimated [...]