Medicaid Expansion

No issue is more important to furthering health justice in Florida than expanding Medicaid coverage under the ACA. Florida is one of only 14 states still refusing federal funding to cover low-income uninsured adults. As a result, we’re leaving about half a million Floridians with no path to affordable coverage. For more information on the background and impact, click here.

Among other things, we’re:

Creating Florida Health Justice STORIES, a collection of narratives from people struggling to access affordable healthcare. These stories and the storytellers are critical to educating policymakers and the public about the impact of health injustices on individuals, families and communities.

Explaining how the annual Tallahassee debate over hospital funding misses the point, i.e. Medicaid expansion is the only rational policy for improving health outcomes, lowering health care costs, and supporting local economies that are currently having to pay for care of uninsured county residents who could be covered with mostly federal funding. Read more

Collaborating with current state partners in moving the advocacy forward and reaching out to new partners, including those working on global health justice. Read more

The Florida Health Justice Project, a new nonprofit advocacy organization, seeks to improve access to affordable healthcare for Floridians, with a focus on vulnerable low-income populations.

A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL FREE WITHIN THE STATE AT 1-800-435-7352 . IT CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.800HELPFLA.COM. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE STATE.

Medicaid Expansion

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