Category: Medicaid Expansion

The State of COVID-19 in Florida and South Florida: An Early Look at Disparities in Outcomes

5/8/2020

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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Do Florida lawmakers know COVID-19 is a public health emergency? They’re not acting like it

3/15/2020

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Florida Can Put Medicaid to Work Against the Coronavirus Now

3/10/2020

Press Release: Expand Medicaid in Florida--COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Disparity, Deficiencies In Health Care System

3/7/2020

Florida Health Justice Project Stresses Economic Benefits of Expanding Medicaid in Florida

2/4/2020

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Press Release: Commissioner Levine Cava joins Medicaid coalition, calls on state lawmakers to expand Medicaid and save lives

1/29/2020

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

12/31/2019

Expanding Medicaid, the public program that has for decades provided health insurance to millions of low-income individuals and families, is a central strategy to improving health outcomes and lowering costs for uninsured South Floridians. Florida is currently one of just 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, leaving large numbers of low- income residents without health coverage, including over a million people in South Florida.

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Florida's Medicaid Expansion Opportunity

12/30/2019

The report provides a brief primer on Medicaid expansion under the ACA, touches upon its health and fiscal benefits, and concludes by discussing the number of potential beneficiaries of Medicaid expansion in the Miami metropolitan area and its component counties.

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Each year lawmakers forgo Medicaid expansion, state residents pay the price

12/5/2019

FHJP Executive Director, Miriam Harmatz, collaborates with Medicaid Matters for Florida Coalition partners, Florida Voices for Health and Florida Policy Institute, on an op-ed in Florida Phoenix.

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The cost of not expanding Medicaid in Fla.? Nearly 2,800 deaths, a new report estimates

11/14/2019

Alison Yager, FHJP's Director of Policy Advocacy, was interviewed by the Miami Herald and quoted in the article.

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FHJP Submits Public Comment on Florida's Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) Amendment Request

9/26/2019

FHJP Executive Director Miriam Harmatz Wrote an Op-Ed in the Miami Herald to Commemorate Medicaid's 54th Birthday

7/29/2019

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Florida LGBT Health Care: Specific Challenges and Potential Impact of Medicaid Expansion

6/14/2019

Florida Medicaid Expansion Update - April 2019

4/18/2019

Climate Change: An Urgent Reason for Medicaid Expansion in Florida

11/8/2018

Health Equity & Florida Medicaid Expansion—Bending the Arc at Home

4/22/2018

Tallahassee’s Health Care Funding Debate: Missing the Point

2/23/2018

How Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals Impact the Uninsured in a State that Rejected Medicaid Expansion Funding

3/29/2016

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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