Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of one of the costliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States. Hurricane Charley made landfall near Cayo Costa in southwest Florida on Aug. 13, 2004 as a Category 4 Hurricane with winds of 150 miles an hour. It remains the strongest storm to make
Federal health officials are warning almost 94,000 people in Florida that they must prove they are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants in order to remain eligible for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The targeted consumers are part of a group of 310,000 newly insured people around the country who
TALLAHASSEE — Compared to other states, Florida’s health insurance plan for government employees is about average. It doesn’t have the cheapest premiums or the most expensive. The state is generous to its employees, but not to an extreme. The implementation of federal health care reform has caused more states to analyze
TALLAHASSEE — For a handful of candidates eying the state House and Senate, it’s August 26 — not November 4 — that matters most. The August primary will determine the outcome of two South Florida races: House District 94 in central Broward County and House District 107 in northern Miami-Dade
The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature on Monday swiftly approved new maps that will alter several of the state’s congressional districts after a judge ruled the current districts were illegally drawn to benefit the GOP. The changes would reshape the boundaries of seven of the state’s 27 congressional districts, but it’s not certain if the
FORT LAUDERDALE – Expanding Medicaid to an additional 1 million Floridians under President Barack Obama’s new health law is turning into one of the biggest issues of this year’s gubernatorial race. Former Gov. Charlie Crist brings up the topic on most campaign stops and says one of the first things
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) has approved the removal of up to 91,499 multi-peril personal residential policies and 5,732 commercial lines polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) to the following four companies: · Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Company has been approved to remove
Some premiums on the federal health exchange for 2015 are going up. Some are going down. That’s all the public really knows right now. But it appears that the big idea behind the marketplace — creating competition — may be working, since three new companies have joined the 11 early
Federal officials have approved a three-year extension of a program that requires almost all Florida Medicaid beneficiaries to enroll in managed-care plans. The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in a letter Thursday, formally approved the extension of what is known as a Medicaid “waiver.” The move was expected,
The White House has fired back at state officials’ claims that health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act will jump significantly next year, insisting that instead, the majority of Florida policyholders would see decreases in what they will pay. An analysis by the federal Department of Health and Human