A startling one in five people in Collier County of Naples, FL are without a primary care physician. Even with 250 primary care physicians in the area, a simple appointment for routine check-ups or treatment can be hard to come by for citizens in the area. The statistic is mirrored across the nation as millions [...]
Recently, volunteers with the American Cancer Society made a trip to Tallahassee to show their support for the recent Tobacco User Fee/Tax bill that has been filed for Florida. Supporters of the bill advocate that the increase in price for tobacco products will have a number of effects on Floridians. Firstly, the rise in cost [...]
A sad factor in the nature of America’s health care system is that it is so backwards and places more importance on profit than on providing care for the people who need it. Health insurance should be available to everyone, so that children don’t die of cancer simply because his parents have lost their jobs, [...]
When it comes to deciding what treatment is appropriate and beneficial without being wastefully costly, who should make the call? Doctor’s insist that they are the patient’s advocate and are the experts on what treatment should be used and to what degree. Medicaid officials, however, feel that physicians cannot always be trusted and will try [...]
Assurant Health, a leading provider of health insurance plans in many states including Florida, is working with members during these times of economic crisis to make health care more affordable. The company is offering members the option of opting out of their low deductible plans and instead choose a higher deductible which brings their rate [...]
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 [...]
Health care experts want to make the children of aging parents aware of preparations which should be taken in case a parent should fall ill or experience an emergency. While children may know a lot of the parent’s basic information, there are a lot of details which can be crucial in an emergency and which [...]
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, [...]
In Florida, where there are roughly 110 midwives, their future remains unceratin due to certain misconceptions about the practice circulated by the insurance industry. While low-risk births are equally safe, if not more so, with a midwife as opposed to in a hospital, the prevailing sentiment in recent years is that hospitals are the only safe [...]