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

TAMPA - A national insurance company's local office is the subject of an FBI raid today, authorities said. WellCare Health Plans Inc. issued a brief statement Wednesday afternoon acknowledging that state and federal officials executed a search warrant at the company's Tampa headquarters earlier in the day. ...more

October 24, 2007

In June, after congressional committees accused WellCare Health Plans of Medicare marketing abuses, the company promised to fix its problems. ...more

October 9, 2007

The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with more than $80,000 in income a year, administration officials said Thursday. ...more

October 5, 2007

Florida Medicare beneficiaries will have more choices than ever for 2008, according to information released late Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. ...more

September 28, 2007

Habana Health Care Center, a 150-bed nursing home in Tampa, was struggling when a group of large private investment firms purchased it and 48 other nursing homes in 2002. ...more

September 23, 2007