http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Healthcare Reform 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:29:25 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/health-care-reform/past-coverage/story/1268109.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/health-care-reform/past-coverage/story/1268109.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:21 EDT Black and Latino groups said Monday that they'd begin an ad campaign aimed at urging swing state lawmakers in Congress to back overhauling health care. The groups plan to place ads on television and in newspapers in Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas, where they hope minority voters will be moved to pressure their representatives in Washington. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1347235.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1347235.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:48 EST The Senate is ready to begin a volatile, high-stakes healthcare debate that's sure to be punctuated by tense and unpredictable battles over some of the most incendiary issues in American politics today. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1338093.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1338093.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:52 EST 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1333071.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1333071.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A key provision in the main Senate healthcare reform bill could cause many South Floridians to pay taxes on their employer-based insurance on the theory that they're expensive ``Cadillac'' plans. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1330828.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1330828.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST 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.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1330234.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1330234.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:02 EST 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.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1347244.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1347244.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:45 EST It's a phrase people are loath to hear when they're looking for a new primary-care doctor: Not accepting new patients.<p/> Some parts of the country already lack an ample supply of general internists, pediatricians and family physicians, forcing patients to drive further or wait longer for care. If a comprehensive health reform bill passes and extends coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, many are asking if there will be enough primary-care doctors to handle the increased demand for medical services. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/accommodations/story/474097.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/accommodations/story/474097.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:18 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/accommodations/story/698057.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/accommodations/story/698057.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:14 EDT Healthcare reform: How the bills stack up (from The Washington Post) http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1309088.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1309088.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:49 EDT Florida voters want offshore oil drilling, oppose a ``public option'' for health insurance and overwhelmingly support a gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe, according to a new Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1307475.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1307475.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:52 EDT Democratic leaders Thursday invoked the spirit of generations of party heroes to rally their members of the House of Representatives behind a new healthcare plan -- but it's clear that winning a majority will be a tough fight. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1292188.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1292188.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT While insurers nationwide say it's important that healthcare reform offer people plenty of insurance alternatives, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida has decided that one basic plan is best for its employees next year. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1286829.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1286829.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Sen. Tom Harkin, leader of the powerful Senate Health Committee, said Friday that vast differences in Medicare costs -- as exist between the high-cost Miami and lower-cost areas -- must be ended to make for sensible healthcare reform. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1278095.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1278095.html Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Guy Lilavois is ``invincible.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1276858.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1276858.html Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:00 EDT Hammered by a persistent recession and healthcare expenses that continue to climb, South Florida's employers are responding in dramatically different ways -- from offering greater benefits at no cost to asking workers to pay up to 35 percent more for insurance. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1274435.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1274435.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:22 EDT Nonprofit health insurance exchanges -- the type now being proposed in Congress as an alternative to the public option -- were tried in Florida in the 1990s with disastrous results. Some experts think new ones can be made to work -- but others see inherent problems that mean any version is likely to fail. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1275416.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1275416.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT As the healthcare industry looks toward a crucial vote on the reform package Tuesday, the potential of insurance exchanges -- an idea tried in Florida in the 1990s with disastrous results -- is sparking intense discussions. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1268109.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1268109.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:22 EDT Black and Latino groups said Monday that they'd begin an ad campaign aimed at urging swing state lawmakers in Congress to back overhauling health care. The groups plan to place ads on television and in newspapers in Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas, where they hope minority voters will be moved to pressure their representatives in Washington. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1254023.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/healthcare-reform/story/1254023.html Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Alan Martinez, 31, works for a Hialeah architectural engineering firm with four employees, one of the many small businesses in the city. The company offered health insurance until the recession crushed finances. Now, his healthcare strategy is basic: ``I avoid getting sick.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346528.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346528.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:17 EST A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346561.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:04 EST A leading Democratic senator says the proposed health care overhaul must pass the Senate by the end of the year, so that lawmakers can begin to concentrate on the economy and job creation. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346539.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346539.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:32 EST A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346562.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346562.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:04 EST Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346519.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346519.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:19 EST Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346555.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1346555.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:59 EST Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1345867.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1345867.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07 EST The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1344491.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1344491.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:02 EST In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1345924.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1345924.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:57 EST The 60-39 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate. http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1345666.html http://www.miamiherald.com/289/story/1345666.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:22 EST Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.