With the great rise in health insurance premiums for employer based group health insurance, many companies have turned to a corporate wellness program to fix the long term problem of claims exposure.  You ask, how is this accomplished?  An employee wellness program promotes a healthy lifestyle through online interactive programs.  Employees have access to information, [...]

There are many guides to health insurance on the WEB. Many consumers in cyberspace ponder the thought, does this website give accurate information?  How do I know if it really isn’t another scam?  We at Florida health insurance guide can assure you that there many sources of information on the web that do not give [...]

It has been a long standing practice that insurance coverage for mental illness does not equal coverage for physical health issues. Tampa Lawmaker Ed Homan hopes to make this a practice of the past. Despite the bleak outlook of the economy and health insurance reform focused on other areas, Homan hopes to be heard in [...]

Florida Governor Charlie Crist intended for his “Cover Florida” plans to spell an end to the problem of millions of uninsured Floridians. Kirsten Portrie, a Jacksonville health insurance broker state, “These plans have to many holes, it was good to offer something to the uninsured, but this just doesn’t cut it”. Unfortunately, dissapointment may well be in store. The plans [...]

As Charlie Crist’s new Cover Florida Plans are set to roll out in the next week, people are divided in their responses to the new coverage. These new health insurance plans are suppose to save Florida from the uninsured crisis…  While the plans were designed to encourage all Floridians to be covered by a health [...]

A decade has passed since Florida was governed by Lawton Chiles, and it shows. Governor Chiles made it his personal crusade to secure the welfare of Florida’s children. Since his death in 1998, severe budget cuts and a shuffling of priorities has left and unbelievable number of children without proper health care coverage. One of [...]

While fraud might be too strong a word, some certainly feel that the deceptive and tricky wording inherent in Charlie Crist’s new Cover Florida Plans certainly place the average consumer at a distinct disadvantage. For while the plans are targeted at those who are not accustomed to having insurance coverage, you must be without it [...]

Obama has promised that the health care reform he has proposed cannot be put off, as it is an integral part of the economic crisis our country now faces. An economic stimuls package he is supporting for Florida would mean almost 2 billion dollars towards health care for children and those in low income situations. [...]

Will the partnership of six individual health insurance companies and the state of Florida really provide an answer to the growing problem of uninsured citizens in the state? Those involved are hopeful that the Cover Florida plans, which will be available beginning in early January of 2009, will provide the sense of security that people [...]