Health insurers have long promoted switching from brand-name medicines to cheaper generics, but now more of them are going further: urging people to take different drugs altogether. ...more

December 13, 2008

Employer health care costs are poised to rise 9.9 percent in 2008 - more than double the annual inflation rate - and an additional 9.6 percent in 2009, said a report released Tuesday by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. ...more

June 18, 2008

Some uninsured Florida residents may be able to get health care coverage more easily under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

May 22, 2008

preparing for finals (hopefully), concentrating on finding a job (maybe) and filling up their social calendars (definitely). ...more

May 4, 2008

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said this week that employers could reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare. ...more

December 28, 2007

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

Ever since his son came within days of having surgery that he didn't need, Tampa employee benefits consultant Rob Pariseau has been calling for a dose of prevention in health care - prevention of mistakes, not just disease. ...more

October 17, 2007

Health insurance premiums paid by workers and their employers rose an average of 6.1 percent this year, outpacing inflation and pay increases and taking a bigger chunk out of families' budgets, according to a new survey. ...more

September 12, 2007