Health Care Defense

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 Read more about our work on the following:

Medicaid Defense
Working with local, state and national partners in defending Medicaid, e.g.:

• Filing critical litigation supporting the health rights of Floridians who rely on Medicaid​
  • Filing suit with other civil legal aid organizations against Florida state agencies for improperly stripping Medicaid from patients
  • Filing suit with other advocacy groups against Florida Agency for Health Care Administration over public records

• Publishing briefs about potential harmful threats to Florida's Medicaid program
  • Medicaid Work Requirements Will Result in Loss of Healthcare Coverage for Florida Residents
  • Medicaid Block Grants Will Cut Healthcare for Florida Residents
  • Medicaid Block Grant: Not a Rational Way Forward on Coverage Expansion
• Developing fact sheets that highlight important health law information
  • Doulas: The Facts
  • Expanding Medicaid Reimbursement in Schools: Call to Action
• Opposing changes to Medicaid that would reduce funding for people with disabilities.
• Opposing the Administration's effort to undermine the current rule protecting access to health care services for Medicaid recipients. Read more​
• Opposing  efforts to eliminate retroactive coverage—a critical benefit for aged and disabled Floridians helping to ensure they can get timely treatment and saving them and their families from financial stress and bankruptcy.  Read more​
• Partnering with National Health Law Program to support access to critical reproductive healthcare for those covered by Medicaid. Read more

ACA Defense

• FHJP sent this letter to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody urging her to withdraw from Texas v. California, the lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act, and heard on November 10, 2020 by the U.S. Supreme Court.  Over 200 allied organizations and individuals signed on to the letter, and it was covered by the Miami Herald, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and the Florida Phoenix.
• Opposing the proposed changes to the nondiscrimination regulations under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1557, the nondiscrimination provision of the ACA, expands long-standing federal civil rights protections to certain healthcare programs and activities. The proposed rule changes will negatively impact multiple at-risk populations. Read more
• Don't Repeal ACA Without an Instant Replacement (Op-Ed by Miriam Harmatz published in the Miami Herald)
• Implications of Senate Tax Plan’s Repeal of Individual Mandate on Florida: Almost 900,00 Fewer Insured Floridians, Higher Costs

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Medicare Defense
Medicare is a critical part of the health care system.  There is much to be done in order to strengthen and protect the program so that it can adequately serve the health care needs of low-income Floridians.

Along with Center on Medicare Rights, we filed a lawsuit in the Southern District court of Florida defending the right of a low-income disabled Medicare beneficiary who has been denied coverage of a medically necessary medication.  Read more

Articles

• Explaining Texas v. U.S.: A Guide to the 5th Circuit Appeal in the Case Challenging the ACA, Kaiser Family Foundation, 7/3/19