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One-stop-shop for health: Florida Blue opens at Coconut Point

Welcome to the Florida Blue center at Coconut Point, a new retail location for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, combining modern technology with old-fashioned, face-to-face customer service. The Estero location is the eighth to open in the state as part of the insurance company’s effort to help clients navigate the often confusing world of healthcare.

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Low enrollment but high costs for Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported in January that as of November 11, 2011 there were 44,852 people enrolled in state-level Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIPs) created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), up from 8,011 a year earlier.?? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had predicted PCIP enrollment of 375,000 ...

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UF encounters skepticism from employees over health insurance plan

As the University of Florida seeks to provide its own health insurance plan for its employees, some faculty members are expressing skepticism about the idea.

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Florida House Republicans won't hike insurance premiums

Florida House Republicans are planning on keeping a perk for state officials that keeps their health insurance premiums low.

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New Health Rule Affront to Religious Groups: Ramesh Ponnuru

Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, says that a new health-care regulation “strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventive services.”

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In retiree-heavy Florida, health reform not a popular topic

PALM HARBOR, Florida (Reuters) - There's one small-government idea that Republican presidential candidates are reluctant to discuss in this retiree-heavy state: their plans to rein in health care costs for the elderly. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, front-runners for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama on November 6, both support reforms to the Medicare government ...

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Santorum eyes revival in Republican contests

LOVELAND, Colo. (Reuters) - Republican candidate Rick Santorum is gunning for a victory in at least one of the three states holding presidential nominating contests on Tuesday in a bid to slow front-runner Mitt Romney and revive his fading White House hopes. The former senator from Pennsylvania narrowly won Iowa's caucuses on January 3 but his drive to become the main conservative alternative to ...

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