Hospital closures also mean longer ambulance rides for rural residents. Charlie Brunner, the fire chief in Jackson County in ...

Black and Native Americans in Florida have some of the worst health care outcomes in the U.S., ranking in the bottom fourth in a new analysis of health data from the Commonwealth Fund. In its ...

The University of Florida’s new HealthScreen program will use mobile health vehicles to send community health workers and ...

Medicaid and coverage gaps. One issue Florida health care faces is that of coverage gaps. Florida has one of the most restrictive Medicaid programs in the country, Darius said.

In 24 states and Washington, D.C., Medicaid eligibility is being expanded to an additional 4.5 million low-income parents and childless adults next year under the Affordable Care Act.

Pandemic revealing gaps in Florida’s mental health resources ... please call the suicide hotline at 800-273-8255 or dial 211 to be connected with a local mental health care provider.

An estimated one in five health care workers quit their job during the pandemic, according to data intelligence company Morning Consult. The Florida Hospital Association in October 2021 predicted ...

While Florida has health care programs for children, marketing them has been pitiful. ... And Floirda’s coverage gaps were already among the widest in the country before COVID-19.

South Florida health care workers, first responders caught in home affordability gap: report. Florida Realtors report outlines gap between the cost to buy a home or rent, and wages ...

Florida ranks 50th in mental health services, according to the Florida Policy Institute. The state has the third-highest percentage of mentally ill persons who are also uninsured.

Florida lawmakers to focus on health care next year, House ... Renner’s list does not include expanding Medicaid to close the so-called “coverage gap,” or people who earn too much to ...

Health care organizations including Planned Parenthood are suspending gender-affirming medical care in Florida to comply with a new state law that bans transition-related care for transgender minor… ...