Fifteen of Florida's 34 HMOs, or 44 percent, listed in a Florida Office of Insurance Regulation report posted losses in 2014. The figures were published in the South Florida Business Journal on Monday. They included a range of losses from $14.6 million to $165.1 million. Some plans showed a profit, from $138,555 to $333 million. But the 34 HMOs' $66.5 million combined net income for 2014 represents a 90 percent decrease from the $648 million profit reported by 39 HMOs in 2013.

There are Americans who want America to be more like it was on July 4, 1776.

It didn't change much for 230 years, but it has changed a lot since then -- some would say too much.

By change, I'm not talking about the difference between writing a declaration on parchment and typing one on your iPad. I'm talking about a fundamental transformation from exceptionalism to just another country where government is your master.

On the right coast, the First Coast Tea Party is standing up for America.

President Barack Obama might be turning to an old rival to become ambassador to Cuba, going back to a strategy he relied on during the first days of his presidency. 

With the U.S. and Cuba continuing to normalize relations, the name of former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has been kicked around in the last week as a potential ambassador to that Caribbean nation.