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health care reform

Stonehenge Justices: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Stuffy Ban on TV Cameras and Live Audio

March 25, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 10 Comments

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on television cameras or live audio feed for its arguments, including this week’s on the health law, is absurd. The justices opposition to cameras rests on shabby reasoning and stuffed up conceits.

In Washington State, a Proposed Mandate for Abortion Coverage, Whoever the Insurer

January 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Democratic members of the Democratic-controlled Washington State legislature introduced a bill that would require private and public insurers that provide maternity coverage to cover abortion services as well.

My 10 Predictions for 2012

January 3, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 28 Comments

Obama is reelected, the world doesn’t end except for Tim Tebow, Jim Landon and Sharon Atack look for other jobs and the News-Journal goes into the cemetery business: predictions worthy of James Ussher.

As Autopsies Dwindle, Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes Instead of Learning From Them

December 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Autopsies are conducted on just 5 percent of patients who die in hospitals, letting common diagnostic errors go undiscovered, allowing physicians to practice on other patients with a false sense of security, and short-shrifting understanding of the effectiveness of medical treatments and the progression of diseases.

800,000 Floridians, Most of them Children, Could Be Booted Off Medicaid Coverage

December 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

More than 660,000 of those currently covered by Medicaid are children, and could be booted off the rolls if their parents have to pay $10 a month in premiums, as the Florida Legislature is proposing.

Doing It Right: How To Avoid Becoming Part of The 44,000 People Hospitals Kill Each Year

December 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A bike accident sent Michael Millenson’s wife to three hospitals. It led him to offer a unique perspective on the health care system and how to reduce hospital errors that kill 44,000 to 98,000 people each year.

Rick Scott Opposes Electronic Health Databases Designed to Speed Up Patient Care

November 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Florida’s Health Information Exchange, a national pioneer, replaces paper with electronic records, speeding up patient care and information exchanges between health providers. Rick Scott opposes it, claiming it doesn’t save money and breaches privacy.

Walmart Wants To Be Your Health Care Provider

November 9, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Walmart wants to become by “the largest provider of primary healthcare services in the nation,” according to a request for information from potential partners sent the same week Walmart–the nation’s largest private employer–scaled back its health coverage for employees.

Running on Faith: Flagler County’s Free Clinic Is a Refuge For Health Care’s Untouchables

November 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Flagler County Free Clinic in Bunnell has been a commitment of grit and conviction by cancer survivor Faith Coleman and Dr. John Canakaris for the past six years. Now Coleman’s cancer is back, and like all her patients, she has no insurance.

CLASS Act No More: Obama Ends Long-Term Care Program in Defeat for Health Reform

October 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Obama administration determined the CLASS Act program could not simultaneously meet three important criteria: be self-sustaining, financially sound for 75 years and affordable to consumers.

Rubio’s Rig: Florida’s Answer to Obama Health Law Leaving Small Businesses Cold

October 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Florida’s Marco Rubio-created insurance exchanges aren’t open to individuals, provide no subsidies or tax credits, and no essential health benefits, as federal plans do. The exchanges have not been popular.

Florida’s Bondi, 25 States and Obama Ask U.S. Supreme Court To Take Up Health Law

September 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Florida Attorney general Pam Bondi led 26 states’ call to the US Supreme Court to take on Obama’s health care law. So did the Obama administration, as the court prepares to convene for its new term on Monday.

Hidden Pay Cut: Health Premiums Soar Again, Hitting Families Hardest, as Earnings Stagnate

September 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Health insurance premium costs rose 9 percent for families in 2011, reversing four years of slower premium increases and again raising questions about long-term health costs.

Health Care Reform Ruling: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 Decision

August 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Full text of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 ruling on Aug. 12, 2011 overturning parts of the Obama administration’s health care reform law, in a case from Florida.

In a Florida Case, 2nd U.S. Appeals Court To Rule on Health Law Strikes It Down (It’s Now 1-1)

August 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A divided panel of the conservative 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, in a case from Florida, ruled health reform unconstitutional, saying it is “unprecedented, lacks cognizable limits and imperils our federalist structure.”

Refusing Other Federal Health Care Aid, Florida Welcomes Abstinence-Only Cash

August 9, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida has been against taking federal health care money until being for it–as long as it sustains abstinence-only sex classes.

Health Reform Won’t Slow Costs as Spending on U.S. Care Nearly Doubles by 2020

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

U.S. Health spending will grow by an average of 5.8 percent a year through 2020, compared to 5.7 percent without the health overhaul. With that growth, the nation is expected to spend $4.6 trillion on health care in 2020, nearly double the $2.6 trillion spent last year.

Shrinking Flagler Health Department Looks to Community Care As Neediest Alternative

June 29, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The $700,000-a-year federal grant would open a community health center focused on the uninsured and providing the sort of care people seek out more expensively in emergency rooms.

Saving Medicare Without Destroying It

June 4, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 12 Comments

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Medicare’s demise is overblown. Modest fixes, eliminations of tax favors and a small rise in the Medicare tax can preserve America’s best and fairest government-run single-payer insurance system.

Reform Minister: David Ottati’s Healthy Risks at Florida Hospital Flagler

May 19, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 5 Comments

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David Ottati, Florida Hospital Flagler’s CEO, is investing, building, innovating, and taking risks despite–and because of–a sputtering economy and health care’s jaggedly changing landscape. So far, it’s paying off.

From Nursing Homes to Medicaid to Pill Mills, Florida Re-Writes Austere Health Rules

May 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Health care reform opt-out, broad abortion restrictions, managed care for 2.8 million Floridians, less care for patients in nursing homes, Healthy Start slashed: Florida redrew the state’s health care map in the 2011 legislative session.

More Losers Than Winners as HMOs Skim Off Florida’s $20 Billion Medicaid Overhaul

April 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Managed-car plans will take over almost all of Florida’s 2.8 million Medicaid patients. The overhaul does nothing to change the status of 3.8 million uninsured Floridians.

School Employees Facing Steep Increases in Health Insurance Costs, Further Eroding Pay

April 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Premiums are rising by up to 37 percent for many of the 1,337 school district employees who seek health coverage, particularly for those with family coverage. Employees also face another pay cut next year if retirement contributions are expected of them.

Despite 4 Million Uninsured, Florida Senate Approves Opt-Out Amendment on Health Law

March 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Senators voted 29-10 to approve the proposed constitutional amendment, which would allow people to opt out of the “individual mandate” requirement that they buy health insurance or face financial penalties.

As County Health Departments Brace For Cuts in Vital Services, Flagler’s Makes Its Case

February 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Flagler County Health Department sees an average of 136 people a day, providing clinical, dental and maternal services, among other things, that no other agency provides. That safety net is in jeopardy.

Medicaid Changes For 2.9 Million Floridians: Fewer Choices, More HMOs

February 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A Florida Senate proposal would vastly increase the role of managed care in Florida’s $20 billion Medicaid program, and pull out of the federal system if the federal government doesn’t approve it.

Florida’s Broke, But It’s Refusing a $1 Million Health Insurance Oversight Grant Anyway

February 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty forfeit a $1 million federal grant that was supposed to go toward beefing up oversight of health-insurance rates.

Unconstitutional Mandate: Florida Judge Calls for Repeal of Entire Health Care Law

February 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Though Florida Federal District Judge Roger Vinson termed his ruling “reluctant,” he also ruled that the private insurance mandate is so intricately tied to the the law that the entire law must be repealed.

Reality Check: The GOP’s Straw-Stuffing Health Care Repeal

January 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

If repealing health care without presenting an alternative is the best thing the new GOP majority can do in an economic crisis, pack up your worries about 2012 right now and congratulate Obama for his second term.

My 10 Predictions for 2011

January 9, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 18 Comments

A recap of how I did last year and a look ahead: Obama creeps up, Jon Netts loses, the Supremes overturn health care reform, the fake recovery goes on, Arabs and Israelis go at it again, David Grossman wins big, and a few more.

Nine Ways Health Care Reform
May Affect You in 2011 BB (Before Boehner)

January 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Lower prescription costs for seniors, calorie counters in restaurant menus, higher Medicare premiums, more restrictions on health savings accounts: some of the changes you can expect this year, and more.

All Eyes on Pensacola Federal Judge Roger Vinson as Health Reform Faces Its Next Bug

December 17, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Pensacola-based federal District Judge Roger Vinson will be ruling soon on the constitutionality of Obama’s health care reform. He’s likely to rule it unconstitutional, further weakening the law’s legitimacy as it moves toward the U.S. Supreme Court.

Health Care Reform Ruled Unconstitutional; Florida Judge’s Decision Up Next

December 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Monday’s ruling doesn’t stop the roll-out of federal health care reform. Two federal judges have previously ruled the law constitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court will settle the issue by 2012 or 2013.

Turnout Strategy: Florida’s War on Federal Health Care Reform Targets 2012 Ballot

December 10, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Florida Senate Republicans approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would exempt Floridians from following federal health care reform mandates. The 2012 ballot measure is intended to bring out anti-Obama voters.

Dismantled or Reorganized, It May Be the End of the Department of Health As We Know It

November 30, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The state Department of Health is facing a reorganization–and possibly a dismantling–that may affect the way local departments of health are run, and the diseases they keep track of.

Swelled by Supermajority, Florida GOP Signals First Assault Victim: Medicaid

November 5, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A quick special session in Tallahassee would provide $9.7 million for Gainesville’s Shands teaching hospital and lay down markers on overhauling medicaid, the health care program for the poor. One idea: forcing all beneficiaries to enroll in managed care.

Health Care Deformed: Florida’s Incoming House Speaker Defies Federal Law

October 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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With no apparent authority from the Legislature or the courts, incoming Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon is aiming to scuttle state agencies’ enactment of federal health care reform laws and regulations.

Governing Divide: Nurses Are for Sink, Doctors Are for Scott, Voters Still on Mars

October 14, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The GOP’s Rick Scott snubbed the Florida Nurses Association, Democrat Sink visited in person. For doctors, Scott would take a hatchet to malpractice lawsuits–doctors’ overriding wish.

Bill Proctor and Doug Courtney Struggle To Out-No Each Other In Florida House Race

October 6, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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In the race for the Florida Legislature seat closest to Flagler residents, Republican incumbent Bill Proctor of St. Augustine is facing perennial candidate and Democrat Doug Courtney of Palm Coast.

Record 43.6 Million in Poverty; Record 50.7 Million Uninsured; Only Elderly Thrive

September 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The unacceptable is becoming common again.

The Census Bureau’s annual poverty, income and insurance report is the hardest data yet on the severity of the recession. The elderly are not only spared: they improve.

Alex Sink and Rick Scott on Health Care: Sharp Clash of Opposites in Race for Governor

September 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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On health care, there are no blurry lines between Florida Gubernatorial candidates Alex Sink and Rick Scott. It’s a story of opposites.

In 5-2 Ruling, Florida Supreme Court Rejects Ballot Measure Banning Federal Health Reform

August 31, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Citing “misleading and ambiguous language,” the court rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have banned mandated federal health insurance in Florida.

Supreme Court Still Silent on Proposal to Exclude Floridians From Federal Health Reform

August 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Amendment 9, bumped off the November ballot by a lower court for being misleading, would ban laws that would make health insurance a requirement from taking effect in Floria.

Back from the Brink, Florida Hospital and United Healthcare Reassure Flagler Clients

August 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

For people who need to go to the hospital or its affiliates, nothing changes–until the fine print is made clearer: rates are almost certain to increase.

Commission Increases County Employees’ Health Costs Against Steep Opposition

August 9, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

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County employees’ health insurance premiums are rising steeply, but they remain less expensive than for employees in other government agencies in the area.

United Healthcare Pledges 75-Day Extension for Flagler Clients Despite Hospital Dispute

August 3, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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United Healthcare’s pledge lessens thousands of Flagler residents’ anxiety over getting care at Florida Hospital Flagler, but only temporarily.

Merchants of Greed: How Florida Hospital and United Healthcare Bargain Over Your Body

August 3, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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On Aug. 15, half a million central Floridians, and thousands in Flagler County covered by United Healthcare, including children on medicaid, will be denied insured coverage at Florida Hospital’s facilities, including Florida Hospital Flagler.

Where Spin Meets Bull: Florida Hospital’s Lars Houmann on the Dispute With United Healthcare

August 3, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 6 Comments

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A three-and-a-half minute video by the Florida Hospital CEO is a window into the company’s deception and disingenuity.

Feds, Not Florida, Will Pay for Medicaid’s 1 Million New Beneficiaries

June 2, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Attorney General Bill McCollum’s claim that health reform forces Florida to shell out too much money for Medicaid is demonstrably false.

Florida’s Small-Business Health Insurance Exchange a 2-Year Bust

May 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Two years after GOP lawmakers launched it as a way to deregulate the health-care market for small businesses, Florida Health Choices still offers no coverage and faces an uncertain future.

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