Health Insurance

Floridians can still qualify for enhanced subsidies that make health plans more affordable, including DACA recipients who are able to enroll for the first time.

Pregnant patients are being asked to make large payments months before they deliver, a change from decades of standard practice. Advocates worry that it allows providers to hold "treatment hostage."

As open enrollment into the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace is underway, navigators are prepared to hear from a new type of customers this year: DACA recipients.

To save money long-term, the district is looking to switch to a self-insured health insurance plan — one that takes on more risk, but allows for more flexibility — which is in line with other large school districts in the state.

People will be able to sign up for 2025 coverage between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7. Experts say the potential changes make it important for shoppers to study closely any coverages they expect to renew.

Naples-based NCH may be considered out of network at the end of September if the two parties can’t come to an agreement.

Florida earned a ranking among the worst in the country for women’s health care.

The states argue that the federal rule violates a 1996 welfare reform law and the ACA. The lawsuit also claims the rule would encourage more immigrants to come illegally, burdening states and their school systems.

The announcement by Diagnostic Clinic Medical Group highlights the growing shortages of health care options for Florida residents.

Rising health care costs are fueling anxiety among older Americans covered by Medicare. They’re right to be concerned.

Both states want to expand eligibility for the CHIP, but their approaches to charging low-income families premiums for the coverage showcase the nation’s ideological divide on helping the disadvantaged.