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Magic Johnson invests in Miami-Dade health plan

Magic Johnson invests in Miami-Dade health plan

musiclover April 3, 2012 0

Magic Johnson Enterprises is investing in a Miami-based insurer, Simply Healthcare Plans, to create a major Medicaid program for HIV-AIDS patients that takes advantage of a bill signed last week by Gov. Rick Scott

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How Health Care Law Affects Lives of 7 Americans

How Health Care Law Affects Lives of 7 Americans

musiclover March 19, 2012 0

A father lost his job at a medical device company that is facing a new tax. A young woman got back on her parents’ insurance and was able to get surgery for an injury

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Mitt Romney pushed health care mandate for US

Mitt Romney pushed health care mandate for US

musiclover March 5, 2012 0

Mitt Romney, slammed repeatedly by both Democrats and his Republican rivals for the GOP nomination for perceived flip flopping on universal health care, got hit again Monday ahead of Super Tuesday

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Health care expert breaks down reforms

Health care expert breaks down reforms

musiclover February 13, 2012 0

Lexington resident Dr. Jonathan Gruber’s new book traverses some of the roughest political waters of our time — health care. Styled like a comic book, “Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary,

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Health care overhaul lags in states

Health care overhaul lags in states

musiclover January 23, 2012 0

Here’s a reality check for President Barack Obama’s health overhaul: Three out of four uninsured Americans live in states that have yet to figure out how to deliver on its promise of affordable medical

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Major health care changes took effect in 2011

Major health care changes took effect in 2011

musiclover December 27, 2011 0

In a year that included an attempted House repeal of the federal health care law, several court cases challenging its constitutionality and Republican candidate debates proposing a replacement plan, it can be difficult to

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High Court to Hear Health-Care Case in March

High Court to Hear Health-Care Case in March

musiclover December 20, 2011 0

Supreme Court arguments over President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul will stretch over three days, beginning March 26, the court said Monday

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Limits on supplemental U.S. Medicare plans eyed

Limits on supplemental U.S. Medicare plans eyed

musiclover October 11, 2011 0

Medicare supplemental health plans, popular among politically powerful retirees, could come under the budget knife being wielded by the special deficit-reduction panel of the U.S. Congress, according to sources keeping close watch on its

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Health care looms large over US top court’s term

Health care looms large over US top court’s term

musiclover October 4, 2011 0

The US Supreme Court began a new term Monday likely to decide a constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a hot button issue just months before the 2012 elections

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ObamaCare vs. Health Insurance Brokers

ObamaCare vs. Health Insurance Brokers

musiclover August 30, 2011 0

A story in The Hill reports that, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office, one of ObamaCare’s insurance regulations is already leading to “lower healthcare premiums.” How’s that

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