Chances are, even if your ailment is a relatively common one, if you attempt to apply for an individual health insurance policy, you will be denied. A long list of conditions will result in an automatic decline from underwriters. Of course serious conditions like diabetes and hurt disease are a no brainer, but even less [...]

While Florida State University is currently the only Florida University which requires students to carry health insurance before enrolling for classes, other schools may be looking to jump on the bandwagon. At Florida Atlantic University, roughly 30% of students seeking care at the university’s health clinic do not have health insurance. This means that any [...]

A study released by the University of Florida shows that a very small percentage of Florida children with terminal illnesses were able to access hospice care in the last months of their lives. The study pointed toward the methods of reimbursement from health insurance as the cause of difficulty in receiving this type of care, [...]

A study released by the Florida Association of Community Health Centers urges legislators to invest more money in community health care clinics which provide access to primary care for all Floridians regardless of whether they have health insurance or not. The study shows that allowing more Floridians access to this care will save the state [...]

The Miami Herald recently reported that Florida officials may be working on a law that would ban gender biased premiums in the realm of health insurance. It has been a long standing practice that women are required to pay higher premiums for the same quality of health care, when compared to men of equal health [...]

The Florida Association of Health Underwriters will be hosting an Educational Symposium and Expo this May in Daytona Beach. The event will be open to licensed health insurance agents and will include two days of continuing education and guest speakers. Topics will include Senior products and networking, among other things. The Florida Association of Health [...]

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has been a major supporter in Obama’s stimulus package, from start to finish. Being a Republican, he has received more than a little criticism for this. Crist continues to assert that Florida needs and deserves the money, and that it will use the more than $12 billion to stimulate job growth, [...]

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 [...]