Medicaid Expansion

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No issue is more important to furthering health justice in Florida than expanding Medicaid coverage under the ACA.  Florida is one of only 12 states still refusing federal funding to cover low-income uninsured adults.  As a result, there are now over 1.5 million low-income uninsured Floridians who could have coverage. 

Call to Action:

• Join the Health Care for Florida Coalition
• Sign the Southerners for Medicaid Expansion Petition and show our leaders in the 8 Southern non-expansion states that we are in this together
• Register to Vote! Deadline is 
• Find out each candidate's position on Medicaid Expansion

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​Learn more Medicaid expansion:

• Florida Health Justice STORIES,  read narratives from fellow Floridians struggling to access affordable healthcare.  . (picture from stories page) 

Band-(TILES WITH PICTURES IN BAND, BAND SHOULD BE DARK BLUE, BLAKC AND WHITE PICS LOOK LIKE PUBLICATIONS PAGE BAND) Featured Publications:
Making the case for expansion
 
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op eds (Miriam and MH/ AY)

• Report | Connecting the Dots: How Medicaid Expansion will Improve Public Health, Increase Financial Stability, and Lessen Disparities in South Florida

 

• Report | Florida's Medicaid Expansion Opportunity: Medicaid Expansion Would Grant 837,000 Low-Income Floridians Access to Health Insurance and Thirty Percent Live in Greater Miami

 

•  Op-ed in the Miami Herald on Medicaid's 54th anniversary, highlighting its unfinished promise.

  PIT IN DR C VID LIKE STORIES PAGE 

• Video explaining Florida's health care coverage gap and the need for Medicaid expansion. Watch the video below or on Youtube.

• READ MORE ABOUT WORK 
• Researching LGBT health care issues, identifying challenges unique to Florida, and evaluating how expansion of Medicaid in Florida will benefit LGBT individuals in the state.  Read more...

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• Collaborating with local, state and national partners to advance Medicaid expansion advocacy. Read more...