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September 30, 2013

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WellFloirda News Release

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (September 30, 2013)—The Health Insurance Marketplace begins open enrollment this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 and Navigators throughout North Central Florida are poised to help consumers explore insurance options and sign up for a plan that meets their needs and budget.

WellFlorida Council, the region’s Health Insurance Marketplace Navigator program manager, has partnered with ACORN Clinic, Childhood Development Services, Heart of Florida Health Center, Palms Medical Group and Suwannee River AHEC to provide Navigator services. At the onset of the enrollment period, a […]

September 28, 2013

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Gainesville Sun
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By Kristine Crane

Teresa McCarthy has experienced the Affordable Care Act firsthand for more than a year now. In October 2012, her policy with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, in anticipation of the law, reinstated a wellness policy that allowed the 64-year-old to get a free annual mammogram and physical — things that had been absent from her policy for a couple of years.
Without them, “It worked OK only because I’m very, very healthy, and I have nothing wrong with me,” said […]

September 23, 2013

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Gainesville Sun, Letters to the Editor

In the midst of our governor explicitly blocking the state Department of Health to provide information and assistance to families and individuals to take full advantage of the Affordable Care Act, it is vitally important to fill the information gap. Providing accurate information to consumers is sorely needed in the absence of any leadership by our elected officials. There is a short time left before the health exchanges become available on Oct. 1. Individuals who do not have employment-related access […]

September 9, 2013

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WUFT News
By Elly Ayres

Gainesville resident Hazel Walter, an 89-year-old sister to two and aunt to 10, could not believe how heavy the small lump in her chest felt after her June 21 diagnosis.

Breast cancer.

The benign lump she’d carefully monitored for 30 years had developed into stage one of the top cause of cancer-related deaths for women in the United States, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In North Central Florida, the disease is second to cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung […]

September 5, 2013

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Lake City Reporter
By Steven Richmond

GAINESVILLE — WellFlorida was selected by the University of South Florida to be one of 10 statewide partners helping uninsured Floridians enroll in health coverage starting in October.

Because the state of Florida opted out of a Medicaid entitlement expansion and insurance exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, it became eligible for grant programs from the federal government to facilitate the transition into the laws taking effect Jan. 1, 2014.

Those without health insurance after Jan.1 will […]

September 4, 2013

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Gainesville Today
August 2013

MyHealthStory, a creation of CommunityHealth IT, a nonprofit organization, provides safe, secure communication between doctors and patients. Dr. David Willis, the company’s chief medical information officer and medical director; and co-director Kendra Siler-Marsiglio PhD, shared how the company is bridging the rural health gap, particularly in North Central Florida.

Q: How and why did CommunityHealth IT get started?
A: CommunityHealth IT started in 2009 when medical, economic development, and learning institution leaders decided that patients and medical providers in Gainesville and its surrounding […]

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