Advocating for Access to Health CareFlorida Health Justice Project engages in comprehensive advocacy to expand health care access and promote health equity for vulnerable Floridians. |
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Health Justice Requires Racial Justice:
Florida Health Justice Project Joins Demands to End Systemic Racism and Police Brutality Read statement from FHJP team here |
Coronavirus and Health Care Access
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Do Florida lawmakers know COVID-19 is a public health emergency? They’re not acting like it Read our op-ed in the Miami Herald |
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How can approximately 450,000 Floridians have no path to affordable coverage? Watch our video that explains Florida's health care coverage gap. |
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Florida Health Justice Stories
Sandra
In spite of her health challenges, Sandra moved to Florida to take full-time care of her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, and her brother, who is blind and autistic.
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Therese
Therese has twice been erroneously terminated from her Long-Term Care benefits, most recently in July 2019, leaving her without an aide for over six weeks.
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Miguel and Sonia
Their urgent need for dental care has meant that they have had to travel to Sonia’s native country of the Dominican Republic in order to receive the care they required.
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FHJP in the News
Medicare doesn't cover dental care. For many Florida seniors, that's a problem. FHJP's Stories Project connected Sonia and Miguel with a Miami Herald reporter, who then wrote about the need for adding a dental benefit to Medicare. Read more |
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The cost of not expanding Medicaid in Fla.? Nearly 2,800 deaths, a new report estimates "Former Gov. Rick Scott and Republican lawmakers’ decision not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act is likely costing lives..." Read more |
Medicaid could keep even more people healthy if Florida agreed to expand it | Opinion FHJP Executive Director Miriam Harmatz wrote an op-ed in the Miami Herald to commemorate Medicaid's 54th birthday. Read more |
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The Florida Health Justice Project, a nonprofit organization, recognizes that access to quality and affordable health care is a human right and engages in comprehensive advocacy to expand healthcare access and promote health equity for vulnerable Floridians.
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