A Florida Senate bill aimed at eliminating the state’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) auto insurance was met with awkward silence in the committee hearing it Tuesday. Finally, the committee’s chair, Sen. David Simmons, yanked the bill from being voted …
A top Senate Republican wants to roll back fees now charged to Floridians to renew their driver’s license and car tags. Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart and Senate budget chief, said he will unveil a bill this week that would wipe …
A state Senate health committee recommended this week that the state suspend the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s power to set rates for insurers under the Affordable Care Act and instead let the federal government handle that responsibility. With federal …
Florida lawmakers considering how to implement the federal health care overhaul sought information this week from two economists on the Massachusetts initiative that served as the blueprint for the national plan. Massachusetts pioneered an approach emulated in the federal Affordable …
State Sen. Joe Negron this week filed legislation designed to crack down on the fraud that leads to more expensive personal injury protection insurance required of all Florida drivers. Negron’s bill (SB 1860) targets fraud issues that have resulted in …
