South Florida Health Insurance
South Florida consists of Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, and includes the three major cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. The entire metropolitan area has a total population of about five million people. More than twenty percent of these people have no health insurance at all. Over fifty percent of the population is overweight or obese, which can cause companies to charge a higher rate for coverage. With soaring south Florida health insurance rates, many people cannot afford coverage. There are three basic forms of south Florida health insurance: Group plans, individual plans, and government subsidized plans. A group plan, which is purchased by an employer or the head of an association , provides coverage to the members of the group. The employer may pay the entire premium himself, or he may require that employees (...