It would be hard for health care reform to be in worse shape. What were once lofty promises to curtail the excess of a soulless group of health insurance companies has turned into what is almost certainly going to be a bonanza for those very same companies. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying desperately to salvage some aspect of the bill and even still it seems unlikely that any good will come from this "reform." ...more

October 31, 2009

Stop the government takeover of health care. I think we can all agree that the system needs some serious reforms. I do not believe government control or intervention is the proper method to correct the system. Putting politics and government bureaucrats in charge of my health care is a bad idea. ...more

June 25, 2009

Launching an all-out media blitz as his impeachment trial draws near, Gov. Rod Blagojevich compared himself Friday to an honest, hardworking cowboy and said he was about to be lynched by a band of black-hatted political insiders eager to raise taxes. ...more

January 24, 2009

Problems erupted with the state's new Medicaid payment system the day it went online seven months ago. And they're still happening. ...more

January 15, 2009

As a retired government worker, I have retained my government health care insurance. ...more

October 27, 2008

Alternative energy sources, energy conservation, a national health care system and the national debt were among the issues U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam addressed Thursday during a town hall meeting at Florida College. ...more

June 4, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - Alternative energy sources, energy conservation, a national health care system and the national debt were among the issues U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam addressed Thursday during a town hall meeting at Florida College. "We have to get off fossil fuels for the future," said Putnam, R-Bartow, who discussed building nuclear plants and investing in clean coal energy while focusing on using today's resources wisely. Putnam, whose district covers portions of Hillsborough, Polk and Osceola counties and includes cities such as Temple Terrace, Lakeland, Bartow and Winter Haven, said health care is a hot topic, especially among the Democratic candidates in this year's presidential campaign. ...more

May 30, 2008

Shares in WellCare Health Plans continued to drift lower today after a Wall Street Journal blog reported that the company's three top executives were being shown the door. ...more

January 24, 2008

Shares in WellCare Health Plans rose nearly 10 percent Thursday after an analyst with CIBC World Markets wrote in a report to clients Wednesday that a federal investigation into the Tampa-based insurer is narrowly focused on Florida subsidiaries and doesn't suggest widespread fraud. ...more

January 4, 2008

Expanding SCHIP is not the answer. There's a better way to extend health coverage to children. ...more

October 19, 2007