The percentage of Florida's populations without health insurance has continued to grow this decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday. Twenty-four percent of the state's residents were uninsured as of 2005, the latest year for which figures ... [full story]

A Florida state law allowing certain workers to keep dependents on their health insurance policies until age 30 was scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, but some of the specifics of the law still are being discussed, the Orlando Sentinel ... [full story]

"We had major medical health insurance when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987," recalls Leslie Elder of West Palm Beach, Fla. "After a radical mastectomy, I was again diagnosed with breast cancer and had another radical mastectomy in ... [full story]

Nine out of 10 employers think it’s important for their employees to understand and appreciate their benefits, but most employees don't, according to a Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company survey. More than 90 percent of employers who responded to the ... [full story]

Working families and small business owners shared their health care stories and their priorities for health care reform at a roundtable discussion in Providence, Rhode Island, hosted by America's Health Insurance Plans' (AHIP) Campaign for an American Solution. ... [full story]

CHICAGO, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hospital-acquired infections, hospital-acquired injuries, objects left in surgery and pressure ulcers account for one out of every six claims, according to the 2008 Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis, released today by leading ... [full story]

Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose to $12,680 annually for family coverage in 2008 — with employees on average paying $3,354 out of their paychecks to cover their share of the cost — according to a study by the Kaiser ... [full story]

U.S. health insurance premiums rose 5 percent on average this year and more companies shifted an additional share of the cost to workers, an annual survey of businesses said on Wednesday. The average premium for a family's health insurance provided by ... [full story]

Lawmakers and witnesses on Thursday at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing discussed several proposals to reform the U.S. health care system, CQ HealthBeat reports. Subcommittee Democrats said that the current economic downturn increased the need for ... [full story]

Dr. Nancy Nielsen, the Buffalo physician and University at Buffalo Medical School senior associate dean who became the president of the American Medical Association in June, told UB medical students and alumni Friday that it was “unconscionable” that 47 million ... [full story]