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Senators: Let's drop out of Medicaid

Top Florida senators said the state should consider dropping out of the federal-state Medicaid program to avoid a planned expansion and create its own healthcare system for low-income residents.

  • HEALTHCARE

    `Cadillac' tax could hit hard

    Many South Floridians could wind up paying taxes on their health insurance under a so-called `Cadillac' provision in a Senate healthcare reform bill.

  • Eli Bess of Sunrise is a Humana Medicare HMO customer who is testing out a new bike promotion at the company's Tamarac location.

    HEALTHCARE

    S. Florida seniors' coverage may be cut

    Congress is considering healthcare reform proposals that may reduce benefits that South Florida seniors receive through Medicare HMOs.

  • Leila Pechuekonis of Margate tests a bike at a Humana office in Tamarac. The bikes may be checked out Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. by anyone 18 and older who has a photo ID and a credit card, which will be used as a deposit on the bike.

    S. Florida seniors face possible cuts in medical benefits

    For Eli Bess, 85, of Sunrise, the healthcare reform debate has gotten personal. As a member of a Humana HMO, he gets a free gym membership, a benefit he says has changed his life. After some medical setbacks several years ago, ``my wife brought me the first time to the gym in a wheelchair. Now I can do anything I want.''

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