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By Phil Galewitz
9/2/2010 ©Kaiser Health News
Employers shifted more of the cost of coverage to workers, who are paying an average of nearly $4,000 a year toward family coverage, an increase of 14 percent in one year, a survey says.
 By Christine Jordan Sexton
9/2/2010 © Florida Tribune
Even as Florida leads a court fight to get the Affordable Care Act declared unconstitutional, state agencies have requested $11 million in grants to carry out its provisions, including plans to set up a health exchange. If they get the money, will the Legislature let them spend it?
By Michael Peltier
9/1/2010 © The News Service of Florida
Former State Rep. Gayle Harrell, a Republican who termed out in 2008, is a toss-up to retake Dist. 81 from Rep. Adam Fetterman, D-Port St. Lucie. Harrell, wife of a physician, pushes issues that favor health-care providers.
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Fired cancer patient wins $8.1 million 9/1/2010 © Sun Sentinel
Kara Jorud, who managed a Michaels Store, says she was pressured to return to work too soon after a double mastectomy, during chemotherapy, and was fired in violation of the medical leave act. The firm may appeal.
Greene sues Times, Herald  9/2/2010 © St. Petersburg Times
The Times' Kris Hundley, well-known to the health-care community because that was her beat for many years, wrote one of the stories that Greene says libeled him and caused him to lose the primary election. A Times editor called Greene a "sore loser."
Merger makes Adventist's new region official 9/2/2010 © Orlando Business Journal
Adventist Health System, which already dominates the Orlando area, officially acquired University Community Hospital system, forming a new region with five facilities, soon to be seven. John Harding, CEO of Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, was named president for the region.
Fraud brings U.S. gift: 42-ft.yacht 9/2/2010 Florida Times-Union
Three people, including a Miami couple, pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud; doctors' identifications were stolen and used to bill Medicare for expensive infusion therapy.
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