It would be hard for health care reform to be in worse shape. What were once lofty promises to curtail the excess of a soulless group of health insurance companies has turned into what is almost certainly going to be a bonanza for those very same companies. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying desperately to salvage some aspect of the bill and even still it seems unlikely that any good will come from this "reform." ...more

October 31, 2009

reforming health care and regulating Wall Street - have unleashed massive campaigns from the enemies of free markets. ...more

October 25, 2009

President Barack Obama is asking Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy and cut Medicare costs to provide health care for the uninsured while making the just-enacted $400 tax cut for most workers permanent. ...more

February 25, 2009

WellCare Health Plans Inc. will lay off 100 marketing and sales employees across Florida, company officials said Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

TAMPA - WellCare Health Plans Inc. will lay off 100 marketing and sales employees across Florida, according to company officials. ...more

September 10, 2008

Some health insurance companies rate doctors on their performance. Now doctors are turning the tables. ...more

June 17, 2008

With the hope that early diagnosis and treatment of autism will lead to better lives for thousands of children and families, Gov. Charlie Crist signed legislation Tuesday that could force many large insurance plans to cover the condition. ...more

May 21, 2008

Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person's predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday. ...more

May 2, 2008

In this corner are health insurance companies and nursing homes, which fear losing money. In the other: AARP and doctors, who have their own motives. As Congress considers legislation, those with stakes in the fight are doing their best to be heard. ...more

October 8, 2007

Call it the health insurance companies and nursing homes versus doctors and the AARP, a classic, inside-the-Beltway struggle that erupted when House Democrats sought changes to Medicare. ...more

October 8, 2007