/tags/pricecheck PriceCheck en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:54:53 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2018-12-17/the-sunshine-economy-opioids-obamacare-and-transparency-with-florida-blues-ceo Florida's largest health insurer has seen a 45 percent drop in opioid prescriptions since it stopped paying for OxyContin.It has been almost a year since… Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:54:53 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2018-12-17/the-sunshine-economy-opioids-obamacare-and-transparency-with-florida-blues-ceo Tom Hudson /health-news-florida/2018-04-18/how-your-bosss-health-insurance-choices-can-determine-your-financial-health More Floridians get their health insurance through their jobs than from any other source—about 42 percent of us, according to the Kaiser Family… Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:36:50 GMT /health-news-florida/2018-04-18/how-your-bosss-health-insurance-choices-can-determine-your-financial-health Sammy Mack /show/the-sunshine-economy/2018-04-17/the-sunshine-economy-pricecheck-health-insurance-at-work If you're like a lot of Floridians and get your health insurance through an employer, some of your health care decisions may be made for you before you… Wed, 18 Apr 2018 02:12:23 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2018-04-17/the-sunshine-economy-pricecheck-health-insurance-at-work Tom Hudson /health-news-florida/2017-12-13/from-patients-to-hospitals-affordable-care-act-shapes-floridas-health-care-market-says-analyst The Affordable Care Act has had a profound impact on how money moves through Florida’s health care economy, according to a biennial market report out this… Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:10:39 GMT /health-news-florida/2017-12-13/from-patients-to-hospitals-affordable-care-act-shapes-floridas-health-care-market-says-analyst Sammy Mack /show/the-sunshine-economy/2017-04-25/pricecheck-the-cost-of-health-care-in-the-sunshine-economy Sometime before the end of this year, the state of Florida will have a new website with health care prices for patients. It's the result of a 2016 law and… Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:56:19 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2017-04-25/pricecheck-the-cost-of-health-care-in-the-sunshine-economy Tom Hudson /show/the-sunshine-economy/2017-02-28/the-sunshine-economy-the-uncertainty-of-obamacare Next year is almost here for American insurance companies wanting to sell plans on Healthcare.gov in 2018, assuming it survives the Obamacare… Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:41:14 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2017-02-28/the-sunshine-economy-the-uncertainty-of-obamacare Tom Hudson /health-care/2016-10-11/view-on-health-insurance-from-the-emergency-room-is-pretty-grim According to a new national poll from the American College of Emergency Physicians, the view on health insurance from the emergency department is pretty… Tue, 11 Oct 2016 04:05:00 GMT /health-care/2016-10-11/view-on-health-insurance-from-the-emergency-room-is-pretty-grim Sammy Mack /health-care/2016-09-27/research-what-happens-when-hospitals-are-publicly-shamed-over-prices-not-so-much SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± a year ago, the journal Health Affairs published a study of the top 50 American hospitals with the highest cost markups, based on what the hospitals… Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:53:54 GMT /health-care/2016-09-27/research-what-happens-when-hospitals-are-publicly-shamed-over-prices-not-so-much Sammy Mack /show/the-sunshine-economy/2016-09-13/pricecheck-the-cost-of-care-in-the-sunshine-economy It has been four months since SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± launched Pricecheck, an online guide to bring clarity to health care costs in Florida. Along with our partners WUSF in… Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:07:11 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2016-09-13/pricecheck-the-cost-of-care-in-the-sunshine-economy Tom Hudson /health-care/2016-09-07/preventative-colonoscopies-are-free-except-for-when-theyre-not When Brenda Sokolowski turned 50, she followed national recommendations and made an appointment for her first screening colonoscopy.“Everybody kind of… Wed, 07 Sep 2016 22:10:46 GMT /health-care/2016-09-07/preventative-colonoscopies-are-free-except-for-when-theyre-not Sammy Mack