Clik here to view.
Are attacks on Obamacare bad for Florida?
Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, Florida’s uninsured population has fallen by about 1 million. / AP The latest attack on the Affordable Care Act has been semi-successful, with two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stormy weather: Will your homeowner’s policy be there when you need it?
Storm recovery can be overwhelming. /PB Post Nearly a decade after Florida’s mean season of hurricanes, the state’s insurance commissioner, Kevin McCarty, says things are looking up for the homeowners...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why are cities fighting FEMA’s new flood risk maps?
Aerial photo of Wellington flooding caused by Tropical Storm Isaac in 2012. / Gary Coronado, PB Post. Two years ago, residents of the Acreage, Loxahatchee and Wellington were trapped in their homes,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Citizens’ clearinghouse or Obamacare’s marketplace: Which is more free?
Blue tarps covering storm-damaged roofs at Archstone Villages Apartments in 2004, a year four hurricanes hit the region. Photo by Lannis Waters/ The Palm Beach Post. Citizens Insurance is supposed to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Should Uber have to insure its contracted drivers?
Brad Nail, Uber Insurance Policy Manager, adresses commissioners during a meeting of the Palm Beach County Commission last week, which was voting on a temporary operating agreement with Uber. (Lannis...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can Florida curb sober home industry’s bad actors with regulation?
The owners of this sober facility in Lake Worth were arrested for selling drugs. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post) Recent FBI raids in Palm Beach County hint that the unregulated sober home...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rebels without a clue: Florida heading for Medicaid budget cliff
The 1955 classic included a white-knuckled game of chicken. It ends badly. Remember the the race off the cliff in the 1955 classic, “Rebel Without a Cause?” This past week, Florida’s Medicaid – budget...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who’s to blame for the Florida Legislature’s failed session?
House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner predicted accord at the beginning of the legislative session. Instead, a special session must be called to solve what they could not. /...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do Florida homeowners need better consumer protection when it comes to...
Gov. Rick Scott used some twisted logic to veto a Citizens consumer protection bill passed unanimously by both Florida House and Senate this year. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post) It’s almost as if...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are Medicare and Social Security in ‘crisis?’ A few numbers.
Sen. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, left, during the debate of Republican presidential hopefuls at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Oct. 28, 2015. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times) Rubio would keep...
View Article
