Featured Publications
Medicaid Managed Care Plans: Access to Midwifery Care
Expansion of access to midwifery care is a key tool in addressing the national maternal health crisis and its disparate impact on Black people. FHJP found that for Miami residents covered by Medicaid managed care, accessing a midwife is not easy. Report |
Mental Illness and Criminal Justice in Florida: The Case for Medicaid Expansion 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. Report |
State of COVID-19 in Florida and South Florida: An Early Look at Disparities in Outcomes
As the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to plague our nation, it has highlighted existing structural inequities. Report |
Connecting the Dots
Medicaid expansion has been shown to increase health care coverage, which in turn leads to a host of gains in access to care, quality of care, health outcomes, and reduced disparities. Report |
