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Up, up, and away: Are double-digit health insurance rate increases ahead?
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (468+ words) It looks like another round of health insurance premium increases for millions of Floridians who get their insurance through the federal health care marketplaces. Twelve Affordable Care Act participating insurers submitted for rate increases in the coming year, data published…...
The Florida squeeze: How a national healthcare cost 'crisis' is playing out in the Sunshine State's classrooms
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (868+ words) A new survey paints a stark national picture of what EdSurge’s David Weldon reports is a growing “crisis” of healthcare costs on School District budgets. The survey from AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and the Association of School Business Officials…...
Tenet Healthcare wants $10.5M from the nonprofit that graded its Palm Beach hospitals
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (525+ words) A for-profit hospital giant that runs five Palm Beach County medical centers has won a pretrial ruling forcing a national patient-safety nonprofit to pull its hospital grades from public view — and now it wants the group to write a $10.5 million…...
Lobbying compensation: Top 10 firms report solid revenue growth in Q1 of 2026; Southern Group takes top spot, followed by Ballard Partners
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (550+ words) The Top 10 firms in Florida lobbying held their ground in the first quarter of 2026. Newly filed compensation reports show the same 10 firms holding the same rankings they held at the close of 2025 — no newcomers, no drop-offs and no leapfrogging. And…...
Aaron Bean hosts summit on how to make medical insurance more efficient and predictable
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (585+ words) Insurers and medical professionals concede that rising costs of care too often fall on the shoulders of patients. But getting Congress to approve a solution acceptable to all parties remains frustratingly out of reach. U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean hopes he can…...
A Florida Medicaid funding shift is raising alarms among pediatric providers
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (533+ words) A group of Florida pediatric providers is warning they have only weeks of operating runway left, saying a Medicaid funding shift has diverted dollars from routine pediatric care to cover Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA. The shift dates to February…...
Health care trust for Florida schools grows to 20 District participants, with more on the way
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (605+ words) The Florida Educator Health Trust (FLEHT) is nearly a year old, and already it has demonstrated significant progress. Established to help Florida School Districts save on employee health plans without having to pass along benefit reductions, the program opened last…...
Sachs Media launches SachsHEALTH division focused on health policy advocacy
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (349+ words) Sachs Media is expanding its footprint in the health policy arena with the launch of SachsHEALTH, a new division dedicated to helping health care and life sciences organizations navigate regulatory fights and public affairs campaigns across the country. The Tallahassee-based…...
Julio Fuentes: Economic analysis warns workforce disruptions could cost Florida $9B
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) As someone who speaks daily with business owners across Florida, I hear the same concerns repeatedly: workforce reliability, rising costs, and maintaining stability in an uncertain environment. For small businesses, particularly Hispanic-owned businesses, even brief disruptions can have significant consequences....
Joe Gruters’ Citizens Insurance overhaul clears final Senate Committee
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (512+ words) A proposal by Sarasota Sen. Joe Gruters to shrink Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has cleared its final Senate Committee stop, advancing to the Senate floor efforts to reduce taxpayer exposure tied to Florida’s property insurance market. SB 1028 would make it…...