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First Coast ConnectThe state legislature adjourned for the year without expanding Medicaid to provide health insurance for about 800 thousand low-income Floridians. But the…
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A Fernandina Beach lawmaker is pushing for even more state funding to promote medical tourism. Sen. Aaron Bean (R-Fernandina Beach) wants the Sunshine…
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A Jacksonville state senator is pushing to change a state law that allows police to take people’s personal property when they suspect it’s connected to a…
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A bill legalizing a strain of medical marijuana used to treat seizures in children is expected to make its first appearance in the Florida Senate this…
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State Senator Aaron Bean is taking a page from reality television and challenging fellow legislators and their staff to lose weight for a good cause…or…
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State Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Jacksonville, says the debate over how exactly to implement the Affordable Care Act in Florida is far from over. "There's going to
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State Sen. Aaron Bean's bare-bones Florida Health Choices Plus plan is no longer an alternative to Medicaid expansion in Florida. An amendment presented
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Republicans who control the Florida House hint they're about to unveil their version of a health plan for the state's low-income uninsured between now and
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What kind of health coverage can you buy for $20 to $30 a month? "You can't," says John Sinibaldi, an independent broker in Seminole. That may sum up the
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In a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid, a Senate committee Tuesday is expected to take up a proposal aimed at helping low-income Floridians get…