Thomas Meehan announced on Monday morning that the leading Florida provider of supplemental telemedicine healthcare was “prepared to decrease overall healthcare expenses through the application of telemedicine.” Tampa, FL (PRWEB) June 18, 2012 Thomas Meehan announced on Monday morning that the leading Florida provider of supplemental telemedicine healthcare was “prepared to decrease overall healthcare expenses through the application of telemedicine.” Thomas Meehan explained that there is a reported 46 million people in the United States without healthcare insurance, beyond the minimum level of emergency room care provided by a 1968 federal law. Meehan explained the law actually causes increases in healthcare expenses across the board, with participating hospitals forcing the expense of free care into other treatment areas. His contention was that there needs to be a middle ground, or area of compromise, by which the non-emergency medical situations could be treated outside the confines of traditional medical care. MD247 is prepared to offer a viable option, first to residents of the State of Florida, through the use and application of unique medical services at a Read more text

Florida has yet to see many of the benefits of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms – and that is the way Governor Rick Scott wants to keep it. Scott, who is leading the supreme court challenge to the Affordable Care Act on the grounds of unconstitutionality, has done his best to shrink Medicaid, the safety net for the poorest, and block federal funding intended to enable states to enrol more children in healthcare insurance. Scott was elected on a ticket to increase jobs in the state at a time when Florida was hard-hit by recession. Unemployment in the year before his election and the two years since has fallen, but Scott’s popularity ratings are low, hitting a high of 41% in one poll in May – the first time he has been out of the 30s since gaining office. His die-hard opposition to healthcare reform frustrates advocacy groups. “We still have 19 million people and four million uninsured in Florida. Half a million of them are kids,” says Laura Goodhue, who runs Florida CHAIN in West Palm Beach. There are specialised children’s hospitals that will help them if something terrible happens, but they don’t get preventative care and the ordi Read more text

The Irrelevance of the Supreme Court Decision on Obamacare Dave Chase Contributor RyanCare 2.0-Still Shifting Health Care Costs Onto The Backs Of Our Elderly Rick Ungar Contributor What One Massachusetts Tax Watchdog Says About ‘RomneyCare’ Kenneth Rapoza Contributor So much for a national health care law. Photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com Based on Intrade, there is a 69.9% chance that the Supreme Court will strike down the individual mandate in the national healthcare reform act, known in the political soap opera world as � Read more text