healthcare

ACA enrollment fell in 2026 as extended tax credits approved during the COVID-19 pandemic expired. Florida experienced the largest fall-off in the county, with more than a quarter of a million fewer people signing up.

In a class-action lawsuit, the judge barred the state from terminating benefits of people for financial-eligibility reasons unless it provides "adequate notice."

Florida lawmakers next week will start the 2026 legislative session. With hundreds of bills filed for consideration during the session.

A law was passed to give Florida kids more access to healthcare, but 2 years later medically fragile kids are still waiting.

House Speaker Daniel Perez on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching proposal to cut Medicaid and a low-cost state children’s health insurance program while tightening work requirements for people who rely on the state’s food-assistance program.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, said Affordable Care Act enrollees, and other healthcare customers, are at risk of surging premium rates at a news conference in Sunrise Thursday.

A bipartisan pair of state lawmakers spent 90 minutes Thursday hearing from health care professionals about what is wrong with the system in Florida and what might be done to change it.

Cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Healthcare Act are coming next year. A grassroots movement is attempting to lessen the blow by petitioning for an expansion of Medicaid on the 2026 voter ballot.

Insightec, the Miami-based innovator in focused ultrasound to transform patient care, announced July 8 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of its Exablate Neuro platform for staged bilateral pallidothalamic tractotomy treatment in patients living with advanced Parkinson’s disease.

A long construction timeline for an approved behavior health crisis center is the point of contention for Palm Beach County leaders, who demand a quicker turnaround.

As open enrollment into the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace is underway, navigators are prepared to hear from a new type of customers this year: DACA recipients.

The Lower Keys Hospital District Board announced that it will convene a special committee to set minimum care standards on the Lower Keys Medical Center’s next lease after public push for more oversight on the Key West hospital.