He was held in Krome for nine days, until a Spanish-language radio station sponsored his release. Hiaasen, who was born and raised in Florida, began his career as an investigative journalist for the Miami Herald, and he knows Miami's underside intimately. He takes no prisoners as he skewers corrupt government workers, rapacious developers, and all the opportunistic riff-raff who drift into town in the aftermath of natural disaster. It's in this dismay with human folly, as much as in the occasional passages describing the vanishing beauty of South Florida, that Hiaasen tips his hand. For lots of them, it is better than where they came from, whether it's Long Island or Des Moines or Havana.
Life is brighter, so it's worth the risks.
Maybe even hurricanes. A clear-headed analysis of managed care, both its strengths and weaknesses. The authors argue that critics of the new system overly romanticize the old one and disregard the considerable savings that are one result of the change. However, they also suggest needed reforms to improve quality of care and consumer empowerment under the managed care system. The guide offers reliable answers to the questions surrounding this much-discussed but still confusing topic.