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- Insurers stop writing for kids
- Doctor riles family with gun question
- Shands takes surprise hit
- Crist bombarded with abortion pleas
- Managed-care difference 'dramatic'
- Medicaid overhaul gets nips, tucks
- Limits on pain pills defeated
- Outbreak nurse still has license
- Hospitals slam House plan
| Insurers stop writing for kids Posted: 7/24/2010 © Associated Press In Florida, UnitedHealthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield have stopped issuing new policies that cover children as individuals, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says, because they worry that only the sick will sign up. |
| Doctor riles family with gun question Posted: 7/24/2010 © Ocala Star-Banner One mother who refused to answer when pediatrician Chris Okonkwo asked whether the family has a gun says it's none of his business. He says the safety of his patients is his business. |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 5/28/2010 © Health News Florida Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed $371 million from the new state budget today, largely sparing health- and human-services programs. But he immediately raised questions by vetoing millions of dollars for the Shands Healthcare System --- and by trying to prevent rate cuts for nursing homes. |
| Crist bombarded with abortion pleas Posted: By Jim Saunders 5/6/2010 © Health News Florida From the Christian Coalition to the ACLU, groups who oppose or support the bill to require an ultrasound before abortion are waging an e-mail campaign. Meanwhile, doctors protest the intrusion. |
| Managed-care difference 'dramatic' Posted: By Carol Gentry 4/16/2010 © Health News Florida Medicaid patients in traditional fee-for-service care get some services at two to three times the frequency of those who are in managed care, a preliminary state report suggests. What it doesn't say: Is that good or bad? |
| Medicaid overhaul gets nips, tucks Posted: By Jim Saunders 4/16/2010 © Health News Florida Trying to win votes in the House and prepare for negotiations with the Senate, architects of a Medicaid overhaul agreed to changes Thursday that could help defuse concerns of doctors and hospitals. |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 4/14/2010 © Health News Florida The House and Senate have dropped proposals that would have limited doctors to dispensing 72 hours' worth of controlled drugs from their offices. It had been seen as a way to fight pill mills, but Florida Medical Association opposed it. |
| Outbreak nurse still has license Posted: By Marty Clear 4/13/2010 Health News Florida The nurse who apparently infected seven patients in the Tampa Bay area with hepatitis C still has her Florida nursing license, and therefore may still be practicing. But where? There's no way of knowing because state health officials will not identify her. |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 4/7/2010 © Health News FloridaShould hospice patients be moved into HMOs? How about those who have an IQ of 50? No, say advocacy groups, adding their protests to those of hospitals and doctors who say a House Medicaid overhaul bill would force them into unwanted contracts with managed-care plans. |
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