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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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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.
Read Report 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.
Read Article in Florida Phoenix Alison Yager, FHJP's Director of Policy Advocacy, was interviewed by the Miami Herald and quoted in the article.
Read Article in Miami Herald FHJP Submits Public Comment on Florida's Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) Amendment Request9/26/2019
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