In what Angie Hicks of Florida Health News calls “an attempt to steal the consumers’ right to free speech,” many physicians are enacting a new practice of requiring their patients to sign a form which prevents them from posting negative comments about the practitioner on the internet. Across the nation, roughly 2,000 physicians have joined [...]
In Brevard County, FL, the local hospital system has been offering gas cards valued at $100 in exchange for bills from rival hospitals. This is being done in an effort to find out what their competitors are charging for the same treatments and procedures. The hospital chain plans to make the information available to consumers [...]
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, Â 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 [...]