WATCH LIVE: White House addresses efforts to lower health care and prescription drug costs
Read full article: WATCH LIVE: White House addresses efforts to lower health care and prescription drug costsTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen will deliver remarks on the Biden administration's "efforts to lower health care and prescription drug costs."
Think twice about paying hospital debt with medical credit card or health care provider loan
Read full article: Think twice about paying hospital debt with medical credit card or health care provider loanBefore you sign up for one of those medical credit cards or loans offered by the health care provider -- promising to ease the burden -- Consumer Reports warns you could end up doing more harm than good.
LIVE: Pres. Biden discusses plans in Tampa to strengthen Social Security, Medicare
Read full article: LIVE: Pres. Biden discusses plans in Tampa to strengthen Social Security, MedicarePresident Biden is speaking in Tampa about his plans to strengthen Social Security and Medicare and make health care more accessible by lowering costs.
Jacksonville 9/11 first responder battling cancer dropped from WTC health program after insurance provider switch
Read full article: Jacksonville 9/11 first responder battling cancer dropped from WTC health program after insurance provider switch“I feel that everybody says never forget but I think it was forgotten quick,” Brown said.
GALLERY: Blue Angels amaze as they fly over greater Jacksonville
Read full article: GALLERY: Blue Angels amaze as they fly over greater JacksonvilleJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Navy’s elite flying unit flew over greater Jacksonville Friday as part of its nationwide flights to salute health care workers, first responders and other essential workers on the front lines of America’s battle against the coronavirus. News4Jax viewers sent photos and videos from all over Northeast Florida showing the beautiful flyover. Thank you @BlueAngels for saluting our frontline COVID-19 responders and lifting our spirits with your #AmericaStrong flyover Jacksonville today. #JaxInThisTogether #ILoveJax pic.twitter.com/PhzbMmTF4V — City of Jacksonville (COJ) (@CityofJax) May 8, 2020The Blue Angels conduct a flyover of Jacksonville Beach, Florida as a tribute and thanks to frontline workers combatting the coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/e7cnCvJ0AJ — Gwen G (@plumrtlady) May 8, 2020South Jax Beach pic.twitter.com/LVKELkmfl0 — Chris Lee (@chrisrlee63) May 8, 2020
New facility aims to improve health care access for veterans in Northwest Jacksonville
Read full article: New facility aims to improve health care access for veterans in Northwest JacksonvilleJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Veterans living Northwest Jacksonville have limited access to health care facilities, according to a local health organization, but a new facility in the neighborhood is helping to change that. On Wednesday, Veterans Healthcare officially opened a new facility on North Myrtle Avenue at West 20th Street. “With this location, we can service the people in this area who otherwise wouldn’t have access to health care," said Ivorique Turner, DO, CEO and medical director of Veterans Healthcare. The facility offers primary and walk-in care, veteran disability exams, medication review and mental health services. “Having mental health services at this facility allows us to be able to serve the veterans in that way," said Turner, who is a Navy veteran.