Healthcare
Raise Smoke Tax & Lower Driver Fees, House Dem Says
A South Florida lawmaker wants to increase cigarette taxes by $1 a pack and is offering a political sweetener to try to get it passed: Use the money to roll back fees on motorists.
Feds Approve Extension Of Florida’s Controversial Medicaid Pilot Program
Federal officials Thursday approved Florida’s proposal to extend a controversial Medicaid managed-care pilot program through June 2014. Officials were locked in more than a year of negotiations about the logistics of the program.
‘Make Healthy’ Initiative Aims To Educate, Provide Healthy Options
Almost 65 percent of adults in Miami-Dade County are obese or overweight. Make Healthy Happen Miami is working to educate neighbors by providing fresh food and healthcare in neighborhoods that desperately need it.
Raising Medicare Age Would Cost $789M, Group Says
An increase in the Medicare age would cost Florida and its residents $789 million a year, according to a report issued Thursday by Latinos for a Secure Retirement.
State Urges Parents To Enroll Uninsured Children In KidCare
At a time when the U.S. economy is in turmoil, wouldn’t it be nice to know the cost of your kids healthcare is covered? It can be with the Florida KidCare program.
Fla. Doctors Organization Opposes Medicaid Overhaul
Florida Medical Association officials voted in a closed door session last weekend to take a position in opposition to the state’s proposed Medicaid overhaul.
The Secret To Healthy Aging Is Balance
Staying healthy as we age is something that may seem hard to do, but a Harvard educated best selling author said there are some tricks if you want to be successful.
Jackson Health System To Ask Labor For $200M In Cuts
Jackson Health System executives announced Tuesday that they need reduce salaries and benefits for its 11,100 employees by more than $200 million to help the system get close to a balanced budget for fiscal 2012.
Hospitals Offering Reservations For ER Visits
Whether they are sick or hurt, no one like waiting for hours and hours to see a doctor at a hospital’s emergency room. Now one healthcare provider is trying to change that – for a price.
Jackson Health System Axes 189 Positions
Carlos Migoya, Jackson Health System’s chief executive, said Thursday he is eliminating 189 positions for an annual savings of $13.3 million.
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