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| County's uninsured rate almost 28 percent |
| Wednesday, October 8, 2008 |
| A just-released U.S. Census Bureau survey reports that the number of Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast residents without health insurance is far higher than previous estimates.
In Palm Beach County, 27.5 percent of residents under 65 - 273,120 people - are uninsured. That's roughly the combined population of Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton |
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| Health Insurance Mandates |
| Thursday, June 19, 2008 |
| One of the major causes of high-priced health insurance in the
U.S.
is the high number of mandatory minimum coverages required by some state governments. A new law in
Florida
will allow insurers in that state to offer minimum-coverage health policies that are exempt from most of the state's mandatory coverages.
Florida
is currently 13th |
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| Web site aims to help uninsured find health care |
| Thursday, June 5, 2008 |
| he North Carolina Institute of Medicine has launched a Web site dedicated to helping the uninsured find health care.
The quasi-state agency says it developed the site, nchealthcarehelp.org, to raise awareness of the options available to the estimated 1.5 million North Carolinians without insurance.
Using the site, the Institute of Medicine says, |
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| Soaring costs force many Florida workers to drop health insurance |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| Florida workers' health insurance costs climbed nearly one-third between 2001 and 2005 while income rose only slightly, a national trend that is still worsening and is straining the health-care system and consumers, researchers reported Monday.
Rising medical premiums for job-based health insurance forced more families to cut back on coverage or drop |
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| Grass-roots group pushes more coverage of the uninsured |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| When they looked at the numbers, something was amiss: About 226,000 Palm Beach County residents lack health insurance yet only 14,000 are signed up for taxpayer-supported coverage.
The grass-roots group People Engaged in Active Community Efforts, or PEACE, wants more people enrolled. With health care among its top priorities this year, the consortium of |
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| House passes health insurance bill |
| Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
| TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The House early Saturday passed a massive plan to make bare-bones health insurance available that wouldn't cover all illnesses, but also wouldn't cost as much.
A less wide-ranging proposal has already passed the Senate, but the goal of both plans is to provide cheaper coverage so that some of the nearly 4 million |
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| Crist steps up pressure on lawmakers to approve his health-insurance plan |
| Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist warned lawmakers Thursday that they would pay a political price if they don't accept his health-insurance plan. House Republicans say he'll have to take their industry-backed plan, too.
Crist stepped up pressure Thursday to win passage of his plan, which directs insurance companies to work with the state to |
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| Legislators need to get busy vetting Crist's health care plan |
| Thursday, April 3, 2008 |
| ISSUE: Crist's plan flies under the radar.
Gov. Charlie Crist's plan to provide some affordable health insurance coverage needs more serious vetting than it's receiving. The governor's plan would create a path to providing no-frills insurance coverage to 3.8 million uninsured state residents.
However, with roughly half the 60-day |
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