Advocates To Sign Up Uninsured At Calle Ocho
Taking their push to the people, advocates for the Affordable Care Act will be at Calle Ocho on Sunday.
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Taking their push to the people, advocates for the Affordable Care Act will be at Calle Ocho on Sunday.
As many other Republican-led states grudgingly begin to implement forms of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, the prospects for expansion in Florida is looking increasingly grim.
At one time or another most people have turned to Google to self-diagnose an illness or injury. A new website is taking that idea even further now where teams of strangers can work together to diagnose people they have never met before.
While overall enrollment remained stagnant last month, the number of young adults signing up for health care in the new federal marketplace is increasing in Florida.
You wouldn't think twice about Googling information about your doctor, or dentist, but what if you found out they were also looking up information about you online?
In an issue that could spur a health-care industry fight, a House select committee Monday will take up a 155-page bill that would give nurse practitioners independence to provide medical services without physician supervision.
National pharmacy giant CVS announced Wednesday that it will stop selling tobacco products at all of its 7,600 drugstores across the nation.
The GOP-led Florida Legislature quickly rejected Medicaid expansion as part of the Affordable Care Act a few years ago, but the decision may impact a key Republican constituency, businesses.
The only thing missing from the Miami-Dade County Commission meeting Thursday was Bill Murray because it felt like Groundhog Day.
People who have tried to sign up for insurance on the Spanish version of the federal health care website have run into their own set of difficulties. First off the site, CuidadoDeSalud.gov, launched more than two months late.
As of Wednesday, the much maligned Affordable Care Act went into full effect across the country. The law fundamentally shifts parts of the health care industry and open the door for millions of uninsured Americans to finally afford health care.
The deadline is looming for people looking for insurance under the federal health exchange program if they want their coverage to start in January. Monday is the last day to sign up.
The Miami-Dade County Commission met for the final time in 2013 and commissioners came up one vote shy of overriding Mayor Carlos Gimenez's veto of a program to end a forced contribution to health care costs.
Two months removed from the disastrous roll-out of healthcare.gov, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be back in Miami to talk about the Affordable Care Act.
Roughly 260,000 people enrolled in the Obamacare exchanges in November, more than double the October sign-ups that were plagued by a malfunctioning healthcare.gov website.
Implementation of the health reform law continues through 2014 with these key dates.
Miami Dade College is trying to make it easier for its students to sign up for health care through the state exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
President Barack Obama will lay out his plan Thursday to deal with the growing concern of the several million Americans who have been informed their health care plan that don't meet minimum standards will be canceled.
Can the nation expect to see the same positive results across the country as was seen in Massachusetts?
The disastrous rollout of the Affordable Care Act, along with other policy failures, have sent President Barack Obama's approval rating to the lowest point of his presidency.
tories of problems with the Affordable Care Act have dominated much of the headlines in recent days, though many of those stories are summarily debunked. But Thursday, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz highlighted something different with the ACA, a success story.
If you believe the headlines, millions of American's health insurance policies are being cancelled at the moment—that includes Florida where letters are hitting mailboxes canceling some 300,000 Florida Blue Policies.
When the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was signed into law, one of the pitches was "If you like your doctor or health care plan, you can keep it." That statement could come back to haunt the White House because while it's partially correct, the reality is much more nuanced and those nuances could be what causes headaches for millions of individual insurance customers.
Big changes for some Florida Blue policy holders. The company announced it is dropping 300,000 customers whose policies the health insurer says aren't sufficiently comprehensive under the health care overhaul.
Next Tuesday millions of uninsured Americans will have access to health insurance. With the start of the new year, having health insurance will be mandatory under the Affordable Care Act.
A man from New York was arrested after he was found living inside a Florida Keys fire station for a week before being noticed, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
Florida lawmakers are proposing a bill that would prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving worker's compensation.
It's going to be slightly warmer across South Florida on Wednesday, and the warm temperatures are expected to continue over the next several days.
Team USA's curlers are trying to focus on the ice at the Winter Games in Italy, but one member from Minnesota says "what's going on there is wrong."
A crash involving a tanker truck that was transporting fuel was involved in a crash that forced officials to shut down westbound lanes of Interstate 959 near Davie Road on Wednesday morning, according to officials.
A man from New York was arrested after he was found living inside a Florida Keys fire station for a week before being noticed, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
Florida lawmakers are proposing a bill that would prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving worker's compensation.
It's going to be slightly warmer across South Florida on Wednesday, and the warm temperatures are expected to continue over the next several days.
A crash involving a tanker truck that was transporting fuel was involved in a crash that forced officials to shut down westbound lanes of Interstate 959 near Davie Road on Wednesday morning, according to officials.
A slowdown in immigration and lower birth rates could crimp the U.S. economy by shrinking the nation's workforce, researchers say
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Florida lawmakers are proposing a bill that would prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving worker's compensation.
A proposal that would further limit the number of out-of-state and international students at some Florida universities continues to gain steam in the House.
The House is set to vote Wednesday on the SAVE America Act, which would implement strict new requirements for registering to vote and casting ballots.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee as the Justice Department faces questions over the Epstein files.
A federal grand jury refused to indict six Democrats who drew President Trump's ire by taping a video telling members of the military that they must reject "illegal orders," three sources told CBS News.
Alexander Vindman spoke to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede on Sunday's Facing South Florida now that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
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In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Chappell Roan says she's left her talent agency after its CEO, Casey Wasserman, was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Bad Bunny delivered a historic performance at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.
Reactions poured in when Bad Bunny was named Super Bowl halftime headliner, with some praising and others criticizing the choice.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.