TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Florida Capital Bureau) – Dozens of people are urging state lawmakers to expand Medicaid access.
This comes as the effort to get Medicaid expansion on the 2028 ballot is relaunching.
Florida Decides Healthcare is the organization sending out statewide digital and physical petitions.
According to the organization, its proposal would bring Medicaid eligibility to people who earn less than 138% of the federal poverty level.
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Advocates expressed worry about several bills that lawmakers are considering.
SB1758 would require people to meet certain work and community engagement requirements to maintain Medicaid coverage.
Representative Angie Nixon explained how current legislation will make affordable healthcare more difficult to access
“Requirements that don’t help people get healthier or more stable,” Nixon said. ”Instead, they push working Floridians, caregivers, people with disabilities, seniors straight into the coverage gap. That’s not reform, it’s actually bad policy with real consequences on our people.”
The bill was heard for the first time in the Senate this week.
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