Health Insurance

On "What's Health," making dental care more accessible by closing insurance gaps. Then, how to decipher medical bills.

Federal law says Medicaid must cover out-of-state emergency care. But a Volusia County man got a five-figure bill after a Rapid City hospital declined to charge his state’s Medicaid program.

Talks center on how much more the insurer would need to reimburse the health system for patient care. If no deal is reached by July 1, Broward Health would be out of network for 17,000-plus customers.

Access remains limited to these effective but expensive drugs, even for patients covered by Medicaid, because of stringent prerequisites that must be satisfied before starting the drug.

One law allows the Florida Farm Bureau to offer largely unregulated coverage to members. Another gives law enforcement discretion when arresting a person with a “significant” medical condition.

The insurer contended the federal agencies should have made ratings adjustments to account for disruptions to health services during April 2023 flooding in Broward. A federal judge disagreed.

A recent national survey shows that Americans financed $74 billion last year to cover health care payments. And what’s worse: Most of them had health insurance.

After months of negotiations, the two sides finalized a new multiyear contract that will restore insurance network access to about 100,000 UF Health patients in Gainesville, Jacksonville and St. Augustine.

Carmen Aiken thought their medical visit would be covered because the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to pay for a long list of preventive services.

Conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barret appeared skeptical of arguments that the ACA's process for deciding which services must be fully covered by private insurance is unconstitutional.