Surely we care about the nearly 50 million Americans without health insurance because of circumstances beyond their control. What about the deterrent effect on potential entrepreneurs? Corporations want to get out of the business of providing health insurance for employees in order to be more competitive. Our costs are the highest in the world. ...more

March 17, 2009

Regarding "Health Coverage For All" (Letters, March 13): ...more

March 15, 2009

Distribution of the free Coast2Coast prescription discount card, issued in the name of Highlands County, began this week. ...more

March 12, 2009

A new report shows Florida ranks third in the nation in the number of people losing their health coverage. ...more

March 7, 2009

Two years ago Laszlo Silagyi was diagnosed with heart disease and told he was in dire need of microvalve replacement surgery. ...more

March 4, 2009

Two years ago Laszlo Silagyi was diagnosed with heart disease and told he was in dire need of microvalve replacement surgery. ...more

March 4, 2009

Florida State University trustees voted recently to continue requiring health insurance of their students, even though the university's president wanted to suspend the policy as the economy worsens. ...more

March 3, 2009

Florida State University trustees voted recently to keep requiring health insurance of their students, even though the university's president wanted to suspend the policy as the economy worsens. ...more

March 2, 2009

$8,160 Amount Americans are expected to spend on health care this year $356 Amount the cost of health care is increasing for each American this year ...more

March 2, 2009

Not a great speech, but extremely consequential. If Barack Obama succeeds, his joint address to Congress will be seen as historic - indeed as the foundational document of Obamaism. As it stands, it constitutes the boldest social democratic manifesto ever issued by a U.S. president. ...more

March 1, 2009