6+ hour, 27+ min ago   (464+ words) It looks like another round of health insurance premium increases for millions of Floridians who get their insurance through the federal health care makretplaces. Twelve Affordable Care Act participating insurers submitted for rate increases in the coming year, datapublished by…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (913+ words) The way Florida treats kids enrolled in its low-income children's health insurance program is an outlier in the United States, a Democratic congresswoman said. "Governor (Ron) DeSantis is breaking the law," U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., wrote April 29 on X. "Florida is…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (404+ words) Florida hospitals generated $198.6 billion in total economic output in 2023 and supported nearly 977,000 jobs statewide, according to a report prepared by University of Florida researchers for the Florida Hospital Association. The study examined 337 licensed hospitals in Florida. Those hospitals directly employed…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (100+ words) People with ACA health insurance just saw prices surge and many switched to plans with high deductibles and health savings accounts. If that's you, what do you wish you knew about how your plan works? Are you on a high-deductible…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (675+ words) After a routine trip to her mailbox, Dawn Daly-Mack almost threw away an important letter that she thought was junk mail. "I opened it up and it said, 'Your medical bill has been paid,'" says Daly-Mack, 60, who lives in Gaston,…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (294+ words) The cost of health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace is up, and Florida saw the largest number of people fall off the rolls compared to any other state in the nation, according to government data released last week....

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (315+ words) The preliminary numbers are in and Florida saw the most people of any state stop getting their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Congress failed to approve extended subsidies for the Obamacare health insurance plans beginning with the…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (457+ words) Health care advocates and progressive groups across Florida said the U.S. Senate’s failure to extend premium subsidies for the Affordable Care Act was a “disheartening setback” that will significantly raise the cost of health insurance for nearly 5 million Floridians, including hundreds…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1471+ words) Health care advocates tried Monday to impart last-minute advice to those trying to find coverage as the 2026 open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage comes to an end amid spiking premium rates due to a stalemate in Congress....

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (325+ words) Latino families in Florida are facing a more severe affordability crisis — particularly in health care and child care — compared to Latinos nationally. The findings, released by Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors and UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights group, paint…...