TALLAHASSEE (AP) — An act expanding insurance coverage for kidney transplants that's named for retired Miami Heat basketball star Alonzo Mourning is among 28 new laws going into effect. ...more

September 30, 2009

The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House. ...more

June 21, 2009

Healthcare expert Jim Miller gave tips on saving money on healthcare. ...more

June 15, 2009

Today is the last day for some Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in or change Medicare Part D, and there may be people panicking. ...more

December 31, 2008

By 2017, consumers and taxpayers will spend more than $4 trillion on health care, accounting for $1 of every $5 spent, the federal government projects. ...more

February 26, 2008

The Bush administration will ask Congress to increase the monthly premiums paid by wealthier Medicare beneficiaries for prescription drug coverage, officials said Friday. ...more

February 16, 2008

At the Acorn Trace apartment complex in Tampa, the elderly and disabled residents are bracing as if for a siege. They've organized patrols to guard the door and quiz strangers. What's the threat? The 2008 enrollment season for Medicare drug and health plans starts Thursday. ...more

November 10, 2007

More than half of Florida's low-income Medicare beneficiaries who now pay no premiums for their prescription-drug plans will be forced to change plans for 2008 to keep the full subsidy, a consumer group said Thursday. ...more

November 9, 2007

Attorneys for Lincare Inc. on Thursday asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud that a Plant City businessman filed on behalf of taxpayers. The company's attorneys argued that the whistleblower hasn't backed up the allegations. ...more

November 2, 2007

Florida's health regulators, citing the ongoing investigation of WellCare Health Plans by state and federal agents, on Monday night slammed the brakes on the company's expansion in Florida and announced it will review its own contracting policies. ...more

October 30, 2007