Monthly Archives:: July 2012

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A Team Approach to Interpreting the ACA

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Pictured from left are Chris Dudley, Chair of the Greater Miami Chamber healthcare committee; Brian Keeley, CEO of Baptist Health South; Dr. Pedro Greer, assistant dean of the college of medicine at FIU, and Pat Geraghty, CEO and Chair of Florida Blue

This week, Florida Blue Chairman and CEO, Pat Geraghty, was invited by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce to speak on the impact the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have on Floridians. Pat provided Florida Blue’s perspective on the decision – that everyone is entitled to be covered, and that reform in health care is [...]

Kate Warnock

Stalked by a Manatee

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I bet if I asked you to name your top five favorite songs, you could tick off the titles. Movies and books? Got those favorites listed too, right? How about if I asked you to name your top place to exercise – or simply enjoy being healthy – outside? I could do that in an [...]

Kate Warnock

T’ai Chi Is a Healthy Way to Go with the Flow

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T'ai Chi Chinese Martial Art

This July, our Florida Blue Center in Pensacola has the privilege of hosting weekly T’ai Chi classes for seniors led by Jerry Bozant, an instructor of this ancient martial art with 17 years’ experience.  Jerry is passionate about the health benefits that anyone who practices White Crane T’ai Chi will receive, especially seniors.  We caught [...]

Kate Warnock

Health Care Makes Sense Here

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Have you secretly imagined yourself on the podium receiving your Olympic gold medal as the Stars and Stripes lifts majestically overhead? Indulge your inner Olympic athlete and join us July 14 and 15 as we celebrate the Grand Opening of our newest Florida Blue Center located in sunny Winter Haven. We’ll have exciting games and [...]

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Florida Girl Scouts’ Superstar Joslyn Simmons Makes Us #FloridaProud

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Celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, the Girls Scouts of America has a long tradition of empowering young women throughout the country by teaching them the value of honesty, confidence, courage and sisterhood. One of these extraordinary young ladies is 16-year-old Joslyn Simmons of the Florida Girl Scouts of Gateway Council, troop #143 in Jacksonville. [...]

Kate Warnock

How to Coach an Olympian: An Interview with Sergio Lopez Miro

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Olympic Swim Trials Omaha 2012

If I walked into Coach Lopez’s office with a preconceived notion of what I’d hear during this interview, I left it with those notions swept clean. Sure, I knew I was talking with an Olympic medalist – he won the Bronze in the 200m breaststroke for Spain in the 1988 Olympics, competed again in 1992 [...]

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Making Tampa Bay a Healthier Place to Be

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ONE Bay: Healthy Communities Walk to the Moon Challenge 2012

There’s no denying it, Tampa Bay is an amazing place to live, work and play! That’s why it’s so important to Florida Blue to help make the thriving Tampa community an even healthier place to be. You may have seen our own Mark Lee, VP of the Brand Development and Marketing Communications team, speak about [...]