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Florida health insurance will cost more next year, but it's not all bad news

| 9/4/2018

Florida health insurance will cost more next year, but it's not all bad news

The state Office of Insurance Regulation (FLOIR) last week released data that showed health-insurance premiums won’t balloon as much as some had feared amid moves by the Trump administration to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. See the announcement from FLOIR here and download the PDF showing 2019 insurance rates on the exchanges. The 2018 Open Enrollment Period for the ACA exchanges runs from November 1 to December 15, 2017. Read more at WLRN.

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Conditions that once made Delray Beach the nation’s relapse capital have dramatically improved in the past year. Opioid overdose deaths in Palm Beach County are on track to decrease by at least a third. And multiple cities are looking at taking the municipal-level step that cleaned up Delray. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]

Mayo Clinic researching camera for doctor calls in space

Doctors at Jacksonville's Mayo Clinic could soon be able to check the health of astronauts in space. A new camera being researched by Mayo is packed with monitoring software that checks astronauts vitals signs without the burdens being attached to any equipment. [Source: WJXT]

As Florida's toxic red tide stretches on, residents report health problems

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