After Kimmel health plea, AMA head sees ‘huge step backward’ for Fla.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmWWoMcGmo0&w=640&h=360] Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel tearfully spoke of his son’s heart surgery and asked Congress not to raise costs on sick...
View ArticleHAPPENING NOW: Obamacare replacement passes House
Update 2:17 p.m.: House gets to 216 votes to pass American Health Care Act, for a final tally of 217-213. Now it goes to the Senate. Update 1:50 p.m.: House Speaker Paul Ryan said the House cannot fail...
View ArticleRyan touts choice, Frankel says AHCA will ‘kill a lot of people’
Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday promoted “choice and competition” he said will be fostered by the GOP House overhaul of Obamacare, but a West Palm Beach congresswoman warned of deadly consequences for...
View ArticleTrump payments ‘critical’ to avoid consumer health disaster, NAIC says
In new letters in the last 24 hours, insurance regulators warn the Trump administration and U.S. Senate it is “critical” that they commit to pay billions of dollars that help health consumers — or...
View ArticleTrumpcare: Sick could face ‘extremely high premiums,’ CBO report says
States that opt out of Obamacare rules under a House bill could make sick people pay “extremely high premiums” if they could afford coverage at all, the new Congressional Budget Office report this week...
View ArticleMedicaid fight hits 41% of Palm Beach Co. kids, up to 64% nearby
A battle in Washington over money for Medicaid affects 41 percent of Palm Beach County children, or more than 116,000, research released Wednesday says. [youtube...
View ArticleTrump moves threaten 20% health spike as key Florida insurer returns
The state’s largest Affordable Care Act insurer Florida Blue plans to return in 2018, but warned rates could jump 20 percent higher than expected if the Trump administration and Congress end payments...
View ArticleSenate health care bill details start to emerge as Florida waits
Update: It’s out. The full text of a “discussion draft” is here. Original post: A conservative think tank feared a whiff of Obamacare Lite. A West Palm Beach supporter of the Affordable Care Act...
View ArticleNEW: Better? Senate health plan doubles many Palm Beach Co. premiums
President Donald Trump pledged “much less expensive and much better” health care in January, but a Senate bill would more than double premiums for a 60-year-old in Palm Beach County making $50,000 a...
View ArticleFlorida Obamacare hike now 45%, yet most pay same or less, OIR says
The vast majority of more than 1 million Florida Obamacare customers will pay about the same or less in 2018, state regulators said Tuesday, but about 7 percent without government subsidies could pay a...
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