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Florida progressives will gather at Awake the State summit

By | 10.20.11 | 2:15 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Awake the State is organizing and mobilizing Floridians who are against Gov. Rick Scott and the GOP-led state Legislature during a summit in Orlando this weekend.

Organizers are describing the event as a “gathering of both organizers and supporters collaborating to build a stronger movement.”

Insurance companies want urge GOP-led states implement health care exchanges

By | 10.07.11 | 11:22 am | More from The Florida Independent

According to reporting by Politico Pro, insurance companies are lobbying GOP-led states, like Florida, to change their mind about not implementing the state health care exchanges from the Affordable Care Act.

Florida is currently More…

Pro-repeal Republicans continue to provide health care for staffers

As the debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rages on following the decision handed down by a Florida judge representing that the health care overhaul contains unconstitutional mandates,

Another Downside of Insurance Consolidation

By | 10.15.09 | 5:14 pm

Earlier this month, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine raised plenty of eyebrows when it sued the state for refusing to grant an 18.5 percent premium hike on 12,000 individual policy holders — an increase that would have generated a 3 percent profit margin for More…