Congressional Democrats and President Barack Obama began work in earnest today on difficult issues still standing in the way of their national health care overhaul after months of tortuous debate. Topping the list: How to help Americans pay for insurance premiums. ...more

January 5, 2010

A quieter approach I want Jack Bolen ("Two sides of fence," Letters, Dec. 30) to know there are also two sides to every issue. We did write, call and visit the offices of Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Kathy Castor to ask them to vote for health care reform. ...more

January 4, 2010

As of today, drivers caught on camera running red lights at six Hillsborough County intersections will get $125 citations. ...more

December 29, 2009

It is symbolic of the Senate's health care bill that the section titled "No lifetime or annual limits" would allow insurance companies to impose annual dollar limits on medical care, meaning that patients in need of expensive cancer treatment, for example, could still be bankrupted. ...more

December 17, 2009

The United States has the best health care in the world, but because of its inefficiencies, also the most expensive. The fundamental problem with the 2,074-page Senate health care bill (as with its 2,014-page House counterpart) is that it wildly compounds the complexity by adding hundreds of new provisions, regulations, mandates, committees and other arbitrary bureaucratic inventions. ...more

November 29, 2009

Wind Protection Needed A new law that was effective Jan. 1 requires homeowners to install wind protection for windows and doors if they are insured with Citizens for a value of $750,000 or more and live within the wind-borne debris zone. ...more

April 2, 2009

The property insurance merry-go-round continues as Florida's leaders struggle to balance the cost of homeownership against financial pressures on the state. ...more

March 11, 2009

Florida State University trustees voted recently to continue requiring health insurance of their students, even though the university's president wanted to suspend the policy as the economy worsens. ...more

March 3, 2009

Florida State University trustees voted recently to keep requiring health insurance of their students, even though the university's president wanted to suspend the policy as the economy worsens. ...more

March 2, 2009

Highlights of the $787 billion bill signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama. Additional debt costs would add about $330 billion over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years. ...more

February 17, 2009