Somebody needs to explain to me how health care costs can be the reason insurers want an increase in rates? All insurers have contracts with the providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.) The insurance company has fixed fees it pays for services to these providers. Over the past three years some of the fixed fees have been reduced by as much as 50 percent, as with MRI's and CT scans. I do not know of one service which has had an increase in payment by insurance companies. ...more

March 7, 2010

One of the jobs that every caregiver will have to perform is the daily dispensing of medications. Dealing with all the new drugs in today's world, this task can become extremely confusing. In a 24-hour period, one may have to administer medications as much as four or five times, possibly more. ...more

December 31, 2009

Local business helps those on a budget. ...more

December 28, 2009

A fugitive who fled from a work release program in St. Petersburg two months ago has been arrested in Hillsborough County, Pinellas deputies say. ...more

December 18, 2009

I got the below quote from my brother, Dan, in Miramar, who has about as much respect for Obama's health care plan as most everyone does except for those of this administration who are mostly pushing for its very liberal approval. The following conservative thoughts from an unidentified health care professional pretty well sum up my feelings. And with now passing the age of being eligible for their revised Medicare Plan, this really hits home: ...more

December 16, 2009

It's unbelievable that members of the U.S. Senate on both sides of the aisle are receiving so much resistance to make low cost prescription drugs from other countries available to Americans. The same worn-out arguments still are stopping this process and all it really comes down to are pharmaceutical manufacturers not wanting lose the billions in profits. ...more

December 11, 2009

Detectives arrested a Pinellas County detention deputy this morning while he was on duty and charged him with doctor shopping and prescription fraud. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Michael Bowman was arrested following an investigation that started in August after the department received information he was getting treatment from more than one doctor with the intent to get prescriptions for hydrocodone and oxycodone. ...more

November 3, 2009

SPRING HILL An employee at a doctor's office is accused of using her position to call in painkiller prescriptions for herself. ...more

September 24, 2009

A suspect was charged with petit theft after he snatched away the phony prescription he was trying to pass. ...more

September 2, 2009

The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House. ...more

June 21, 2009