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ICYMI: Healthcare issues in Florida include insurance and vaccines

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

What should you know about Florida Blue and vaccine mandates?

Catch up with recent coverage below.

A Broward radiologist working in Palm Beach might have misdiagnosed a scan right before the patient died from a brain hemmorhage.

NO. 1: FLORIDA BLUE, BROWARD HEALTH HIT STANDSTILL OVER COSTS. WHAT IT MEANS FOR PATIENTS

Florida Blue said it notified about 18,000 members in May about the situation. | Published July 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

Memorial Regional Hospital, the flagship facility of Memorial Healthcare System, opened in Hollywood in 1953 and has since grown to include six hospital locations, a nursing facility, urgent care centers and several walk in clinics. The search is on for a new chief executive of the hospital system. Seven candidates will be interviewed Friday and Saturday at the hospital system’s corporate offices on 3111 Stirling Road in Hollywood. By EILEEN SOLER

NO. 2: MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM GOES OUT OF NETWORK FOR FLORIDA BLUE POLICYHOLDERS

Memorial Healthcare System’s doctors, specialists and hospitals are no longer in the network for Florida Blue policyholders, the state’s largest health insurer. | Published September 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cindy Krischer Goodman

A 14-year-old gets his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot from Nurse Erica Goodin at the South Miami Children’s Clinic on May 15 last year. About 14,3411,629 eligible Floridians — 67.1% of the state’s population — have completed the two-dose series of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines or have completed Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine, according to the CDC. By Pedro Portal

NO. 3: FLORIDA PUSHES TO END VACCINE MANDATES. WHAT DOCTORS SAY PARENTS SHOULD KNOW

For years, Florida has required students to get vaccinated against measles, polio and other highly contagious diseases to attend school. | Published September 4, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.