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UF Health's Brentwood facility. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 22, 2025

UF Health reaches agreement with UnitedHealthcare

UF Health announces people with employer-sponsored commercial plans as well as Medicaid are in network under the agreement with UnitedHealthcare.…

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April 1, 2025

UF Health Flagler settles 8-month stalemate with Aetna

UF Health Flagler announced it will be back in network with Aetna, meaning lower costs for patients.…

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UF Health's Brentwood facility. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
February 27, 2025

UF Health and United Healthcare remain at odds

Nearly 75,000 people are paying more for medical care because UF Health and United Healthcare have not reached an agreement.…

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The Florida Blue office complex in Brooklyn. | Jacksonville Daily Record
December 31, 2024

Jacksonville insurer Florida Blue fights feds over ratings

Florida Blue says key Medicare ratings didn’t account for major flooding in Broward County in 2023.…

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November 4, 2024

‘Get Covered Jax’ helps uninsured get health care

The city has renewed its campaign to help thousands of uninsured people get private health insurance.…

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Baptist Health and Florida Blue reached an agreement, but some patients will still face changes.
October 3, 2024

Despite Baptist Health deal, challenges remain for patients

Seniors and low-income people may feel the biggest reverberations from the Baptist Health-Florida Blue agreement.…

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Baptist Health and Florida Blue are Northeast Florida's largest health care system and health insurance provider. The two have served Jacksonville for a combined 149 years. | Florida Blue; Baptist Health
September 15, 2024

Florida Blue, Baptist negotiations stall as deadline approaches

With two weeks left before their current contract expires, the two appear no closer to reaching an agreement.…

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Baptist Health and Florida Blue are Northeast Florida's largest health care system and health insurance provider. The two have served Jacksonville for a combined 149 years. | Florida Blue; Baptist Health
August 19, 2024

Patients wait as Baptist Health and Florida Blue battle over costs

If the two do not come to an agreement, as many as 50,000 people will be forced to find new…

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December 8, 2023

Thousands of Duval residents sign up for health insurance

The number of people without health insurance has plummeted nearly 22% in Duval County in a month.…

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August 7, 2023

For Jacksonville’s Muslim American clinic founder, helping the uninsured is personal

When Tina Barker left a Jacksonville emergency room eight years ago diagnosed with Behcet’s disease, a rare disorder that gave…