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Study finds employees in Florida pay among the highest rates for health insurance

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Study finds employees in Florida pay among the highest rates for health insurance

| 1/25/2022

Study finds employees in Florida pay among the highest rates for health insurance

Employees in Florida paid more for their health insurance in 2020 than workers in nearly every other state, a new study from The Commonwealth Fund found. The study compared employee health insurance costs, including insurance premiums and deductibles. The average amount that Florida workers paid for premiums – which come out of their paychecks – and deductibles was $9,284 in 2020, or 16% of the state’s median income. Ten years ago, Florida’s workers paid $5,205 – or 11% of the state’s median income. [Source: Health News Florida]

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Stress-relief, family-friendly cancer care for Florida pediatric cancer patients

Two non-profit Pensacola organizations have joined forces to help pediatric cancer patients and their families relieve some of the stress and financial strain while their children undergo prolonged treatment periods. IMPACT 100, an all-woman philanthropic group, recently awarded a $101,820 grant to the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research to create a business-center style office space at the Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola. [Source: Florida Trend]

Statewide reports shows how bad mental health support is in Florida

A report released in December paints a bad picture for mental health in Florida. The Third Interim Report of the 20th Statewide Grand Jury was released by the Florida Attorney General’s Office in December of last year. It’s a sobering account that outlines a laundry list of issues in Florida’s mental health system. “Our mental health care ‘system,’ if one can even call it that, is a mess,” the report states. [Source: Wink News]

Consulate nursing homes are changing names. Are they changing ownership?

The largest nursing home chain in Florida is rebranding. On its website, Consulate Health Care Services no longer lists any long-term care facilities in the state. In the wake of a bankruptcy filing and a slew of bad press over the last few years, the privately held chain — the sixth-largest nursing home company in the nation — has quietly divided its Florida facilities into three separate companies. All three appear to still be affiliated with Consulate. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]

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The Miami Cancer Institute targets improved care for HIV patients with cancer

People infected with HIV are 500 times more likely than those without the disease to get a type of soft tissue cancer called Kaposi sarcoma. They’re 12 times more likely to get non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and three times more likely to get cervical cancer, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Data also show that HIV-positive cancer patients are more likely to die from cancer than HIV-negative patients with the same cancers. The Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, has formed a multidisciplinary team to improve care for HIV-positive cancer patients. [Source: Florida Trend]

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