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Florida delays children's health insurance expansion as uninsured rate rises – Sun Sentinel
20+ hour, 14+ min ago (918+ words) Florida's Kid Care expansion has been mired in lawsuits and ongoing negotiations between the state and federal regulators....
Trump unveils deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices as part of most-favored-nation initiative
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (685+ words) President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House's signature drug pricing initiative. The deal involves Regeneron lowering the prices of all its current…...
Florida Blue may go out of network for Cleveland Clinic in Broward
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (389+ words) Florida Blue members may soon have few choices for healthcare providers in Broward County. On Monday, Cleveland Clinic informed its patients that it is in contract negotiations with Florida Blue. Hospitals renegotiate their contracts with insurers regularly as they expire....
What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (665+ words) Sometimes I don't even take my medicine," said the 48-year-old truck dispatcher in Orlando, Florida. It's so much with insurance, it's crazy." For Brown and others, those spiking costs are having real impacts on daily life. Of the 1, 117 Americans surveyed…...
Florida Blue and Cigna disputes with South Florida hospitals push patients out of network, paying higher costs
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (596+ words) Showdowns in Broward and Palm Beach counties between hospitals and insurers like Florida Blue and Cigna over contract terms are pushing patients out of network for coverage and disrupting care as the new year arrives. "We are having ongoing and…...
Why insurance rates are lower yet bills are up (and what you can do) | Opinion
4+ mon, 15+ hour ago (279+ words) News is everywhere that Florida's property insurance market is stabilizing and rates are finally dropping after a storm-filled 2017-2024 period, supercharged by the nation's most litigious claims environment. Simply put, the "premium," or price, of insurance is the "rate," or cost…...
Citizens Insurance plans to cut premiums next year. Will that lead to fewer takeouts?
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (1207+ words) Now that state-owned Citizens Property and Casualty Insurance Corp. is seeking to reduce premiums in South Florida and other parts of the state, customers of private market insurers are likely wondering if their policies will get cheaper as well next…...
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (756+ words) Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, .. . But the department's Office of Inspector General said it expects a new provision in Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill…...
Most Citizens Insurance customers in South Florida could see rates fall by more than 11% in 2026
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (767+ words) Most customers of state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. could see significant rate decreases in 2026. The company is recommending an average 2. 6% statewide rate decrease for personal lines accounts beginning on June 1, the start of hurricane season. Across the state, a projected…...
House panel backs insurance restriction: People, not AI, would have ultimate say on claims
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (479+ words) TALLAHASSEE " In an issue stemming from the use of artificial intelligence in the insurance industry, a House panel Tuesday approved a proposal that would require humans to make ultimate decisions about denying claims or reducing claim payments. The House Insurance…...