Insights Column

How the Affordable Care Act is helping small businesses

You desperately want to change careers, but don’t want to risk it knowing you may lose your health insurance. You’ve thought about heading out on your own, but you know you couldn’t afford insur...

Help for rural communities

Imagine you get into a car accident in a rural area. It will take first responders and the ambulance 8 minutes longer than it does in urban areas to arrive. And then, it will take another 45 minutes t...

Silver Linings in the Health Care Ruling

For those of us who have followed in the footsteps of earlier generations and fought for progress for years, Friday's decision on the Affordable Care Act by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals feels f...

A Health Care Proposal

When looking for a spouse, many people look for someone trustworthy, respectful, and kind. Others look for someone with wealth and power. And others, like one Florida rabbi, are just looking for someo...

Jobless find silver lining in health reform

What would you do if you lost not only your job, but also health insurance for yourself and your family? Would you dip into your children’s college fund to pay for costly premiums? Would you elect t...

Money awarded to protect public health

The old saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” couldn’t be more accurate when talking about public health in America. When we catch health problems early and treat them accordi...

Black/White Breast Cancer Disparities: The Latest Chapter

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. --Goethe Breast Cancer is a devastating disease. Unfortunately, this is a fact that I know all too well. Last weeken...

Doctors without borders, indeed

You know that things have gotten bad if a group of doctors who got together to provide health services to rural and low-income communities in developing nations has instead set up shop in the United S...

No more unreasonable premium hikes!

Health insurance premiums are rising at alarming rates. Over the past decade, the cost of family coverage has increased by 131%. Growth of premiums far outpaces the growth of inflation and wages. An...

Free Preventive Care: What’s in it for you

You may have heard that thanks to the Affordable Care Act, preventive services are now offered free-of-charge to people with new insurance plans. And while it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to fi...