Health-care costs are destroying my small business. My self-employed premium went up to $696 per month. That is insurance for one person, only me, no family. ...more

June 22, 2009

As Congress begins work on putting President Barack Obama's goal of universal health coverage into law, administration officials and allies sought to sidestep an unpopular tax on existing benefits and Republicans' objection to a government competitor to private plans. ...more

June 14, 2009

In your editorial on health care ("Health care needs to be reformed," June 7) you state, "We don't want a nationalized system." Why not? In 2007, 62 percent of bankruptcies were due to medical bills. Of those, 75 percent had health insurance. This is the private, for-profit health insurance system you want to keep? ...more

June 11, 2009

Lisa Strong's story ("Judge says amputee jury wrong," June 1) is truly a tragedy. I can only imagine the jury couldn't agree on which of the two doctors was most responsible. But there is a process for apportionment of responsibility that should have been (and probably will be) followed. ...more

June 5, 2009

If a family has lost private health insurance, a new law shortens the waiting time before switching to the state KidCare program. ...more

May 26, 2009

Governor Charlie Crist has announced the initial results of the first two months of enrollment in Cover Florida Health Care plans. ...more

April 4, 2009

A steep tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products will go into effect today. ...more

April 1, 2009

Courage Deficit I thought the letter March 30 on "Economics 101" by Hugh Williamson was brilliant. It should be viewed by every American and acted on. The strategy seems so simple to understand, yet so difficult to act on. Are we too weak and dense to see where our immediate lack of control is taking us? ...more

April 1, 2009

I have been in management at Premier Community HealthCare Group for about four years, and each day I hear about the devastating effects that being uninsured has on the well-being of people in our community. As the economy worsens and more and more Americans lose their jobs, the number of uninsured is soaring. ...more

March 28, 2009

Josh Nochimson, the former University of Connecticut student manager turned sports agent, paid several thousand dollars for a surgery on UConn recruit Nate Miles in December 2007 in Tampa, the Tampa Tribune and Tampa's 1010 CBS Sports Radio reported. ...more

March 27, 2009