Officials of a provider of home health nursing services in Sebring do not want the public to be confused with a Miami-Dade County company with the same name whose owners and employees were recently arrested for committing Medicare fraud. ...more

July 19, 2009

The Obama administration is promoting health care reform under the premise that reform will reduce health care costs and hasten our economic recovery. Yet, according to news reports, there is nothing in the health care bill concerning the reduction of costs. If the administration is serious about reducing costs, the bill should address that issue. ...more

July 17, 2009

Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. ...more

July 2, 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

I heard Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., saying something to the effect that we don't want a government run health care program because we don't want a government bureaucrat standing between the patient and his/her doctor. ...more

June 23, 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

Jim Rahenkamp is worried about the economy as are many of us. The situation looks really dire if you subscribe to his definitions and live life according to various popular buzz phrases. ...more

June 17, 2009

Vida Burgess of Holiday says she and her husband have had good experiences with the Medicare HMO to which they belong. ...more

May 30, 2009

For the second time in a few weeks, WellCare Health Plans has moved to settle a government investigation into its business practices. ...more

May 22, 2009

Samaritan's Touch Care Center held its first annual fundraising dinner last Saturday night. The primary and specialized care clinic provides free medical care to area families who have no medical insurance of any kind, including Medicare and Medicaid, and whose income is at or below 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines. ...more

March 31, 2009