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Seminole County celebrates ‘Take a Loved one to the Doctor’ Month

The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County invites you to join the Take a Loved One to the Doctor Month campaign.

Floridians to have more choice when health insurance marketplaces open

Floridians without health insurance will have more options to choose from when the online marketplaces open on October 1, the Obama administration said.

A Must Read: Presidents 42 and 44 Talk Healthcare Reform

By pooling and creating competition so that insurers have to go after people’s business the way they go after a group plan, we have drastically reduced premiums and costs.

Anna Marie Likos named new Director of Disease Control Division

Anna Marie Likos, MD, MPH has been named as the new Director for the Division of Disease Control and Health Protection., the Florida Department of Disease Control and Health Protection said Monday.

Scott gets tangled up in Obamacare and 1,000 new jobs

Gov. Rick Scott has long called the Affordable Care Act, the "biggest job-killer ever," yet he appeared to take credit for some 1,000 new jobs to be created by HealthPlan Services, a Tampa-based health care company.

Walgreens Overhauls Workers’ Health Insurance Benefits

Walgreens will no longer offer its workers health insurance directly in 2014, but instead shift them into policies in a private insurance exchange, the company announced Wednesday, cnn.com reported. In the new model, Walgreens will subsidize the cost of the policies, but will transfer the risk to the insurers in...

Millions could pay $100 or less per month for health Insurance

Florida has about 3.8 million or nearly one-quarter of its population without health insurance and millions could end up paying $100 or less per person per month, according to a new report of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Florida Hospital Unveils Pink Coach to Kick Off Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Florida Hospital’s Pink Army is standing guard, ready to kick off another breast cancer awareness month, but this time, with a whole new spin.

Florida Hospital Breaks Ground on New Winter Garden Facility

Florida Hospital officials and community leaders are set to break ground on the new medical facility in Winter Garden. Scheduled to open in Winter 2014.

Over 25 Florida Organizations, Businesses are ‘Champions for Coverage’

More than 25 Florida organizations and businesses that have volunteered to help uninsured Americans learn more and get coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday.

Despite 3.8 Million Uninsured Floridians, Scott Bars Navigators’ Outreach Efforts

Florida Gov. Rick Scott continues to face mounting criticism with his latest move to bar outreach workers, known as "navigators" from county health departments when enrollment begins on October 1, under the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.

SeaWorld Exploits Part-time Workers, Cuts Hours to avoid Obamacare

SeaWorld will reduce the number of working hours of its part-time employees and thus avoid offering health care insurance under the new Affordable Care Act.

DOH: Orlando Doctor Barred from Practicing, 19 Others Suspended

An Orlando doctor is one of twenty health care practitioners whose medical licenses have been restricted or suspended, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday.

City Opens New Employee Health Care Center

City of St. Cloud hosted a Healthy 4 Life Employee Health Care Center Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening Ceremony Wednesday, at the new center located at 2950 Lakeshore Blvd. in St. Cloud

# 2 Nationwide: A Whopping 3.8 Million Floridians Uninsured

Florida has the second highest rate of uninsured in the nation, with 3.8 million residents lacking health care insurance, according to U.S. Census data released late last week.

Obamacare: Slow Roll Out begins in Central Florida

With about four weeks from the start of a massive health-insurance enrollment campaign, a small army of paid “navigators” and volunteers remains unorganized, untrained and unclear about just how to accomplish the daunting mission of signing up Florida’s diverse population of uninsured consumers.

Do You Know the Counties with Confirmed Dengue Cases?

Florida Department of Health officials have confirmed a total of eight cases of dengue fever, with seven cases located in Martin County and one case in Miami-Dade County.

Want to Improve your Heart Health? Eat one more serving of Fruits, Vegetables

If Americans ate just one more serving of fruits or vegetables per day, this would save more than 30,000 lives and $5 billion in medical costs each year, according to a 2013 Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) report, The $11 Trillion Dollar Reward, released earlier this month.

FPHA Hosts Annual Educational Conference

The Florida Public Health Association (FPHA) will host their 2013 Annual Educational Conference, Public Health Professionals: The Link to a Healthy Florida from August 28th through August 30th at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center, 1500 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809.

Shamed: Emeritus Settles with Underpaid Workers for $2.2 million

Emeritus Senior Living, one of the largest Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) in the country, with several communities in Florida, has agreed to pay up to $2.2 million to workers they have been underpaying for years.

Florida’s Uninsured get little help with Obamacare

State health officials are providing little assistance to Floridians with less than two months until enrollment opens, under the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, say liberal advocacy groups in the state.

DOH: Sterling Whisenhunt Named Communicable Diseases Chief

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) today named Sterling Whisenhunt as the new Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Communicable Diseases.

Report: Florida has too many fat people, Ranks 12th in Nation

With only 35 percent of Floridians at a healthy weight, urgency is needed to address the state's weight challenge, the State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong said Wednesday.

Caught: Shands Pays Feds $26 Million for False Claims

Florida Shands Healthcare has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Justice $26 million to settle false claims its facilities submitted to Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs, the DOJ said Monday,

Michelle Obama teams up with Rappers to Produce Album

First Lady Michelle Obama is taking her Let's Move! campaign to a whole new level by teaming up with some of the biggest names in the hip hop world.

Fake Health Care Practitioner Arrested, Wellness Center Closed

A woman in Stuart, Florida, who operated a wellness center has been arrested and charged with several counts of practicing in the health care profession without a proper license, Florida Department of Health (DOH) West Palm Beach-Unlicensed Activity (ULA) Unit announced Friday.

Orange County Health Department Celebrates Breastfeeding Program

On Friday, Orange County Health Department celebrated the one-year anniversary of its Women, Infants and Children program, commonly known as WIC.

Greed World: Local Healthcare Workers Protest Reduced Hours, Low Pay

Nursing home workers at several facilities across Florida, picketed their employer, Healthcare Services Group (HSG), calling for a restoration in the number of working hours for employees, which have recently been cut.

DNA Testing Truck: “Who’s Your Daddy?”

A sky-blue Winnebago or "mobile clinic" makes monthly rounds downtown Baltimore promoting its DNA testing service, but some say such tests raises serious concerns about destabilizing families.

Seminole Heath Department Recognized for Quality Breastfeeding Program

The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® and International Lactation Consultant Association® have recognized Seminole County Health Department for excellence in lactation care.