Miriam Harmatz, FHJP's Executive Director, contributed to the article "​Report: Medicaid Expansion Could Cover 693,000 Floridians" published on the website of Health News Florida.

Decades of disinvestment in the state’s mental health care system has led to the institutionalization of the severely mentally ill in Florida prisons and jails, depriving individuals of essential care, and straining state and local budgets.

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In this issue:

• Medicaid Expansion Now Needed More Than Ever for Older Floridians

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As the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to plague our nation, it has highlighted
existing structural inequities. Over the past few weeks, a number of reports, both in mainstream
media and among policy analysts, have documented evidence of the disproportionate negative
impact of COVID-19 on low-income communities of color. Florida, one of the nation’s most
diverse states, and one of just 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, is uniquely
susceptible to health disparities amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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​Actualizado el 14 Abril, 2020

Updated 4/14/2020