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Florida Health Justice Project, Florida Policy Institute, Florida Voices for Health, and other organizations are sounding the alarm that massive cuts to Medicaid would be devastating for Floridians who rely on the program, 77 percent of whom are children, adults 65 and older, and people with disabilities. Read more here.

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Cutting $2.3 trillion from Medicaid will strip insurance from millions – sending costs skyrocketing and making health care more expensive for all of us.

Call your Congress member now at 866-426-2631 and tell them NO CUTS TO MEDICAID! #HandsOffMedicaid

Another proposal would cut funds by switching how states are paid for Medicaid costs -- instead of being based on actual costs incurred, the states would be paid a fixed amount per enrollee.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/02/01/floridians-need-to-pay-attention-are-we-prepared-for-federal-cuts-to-our-health-care/

“Under @chopracfpb's leadership, @CFPB has fought to reduce overdraft and credit card late fees, take medical debt off 15 million credit reports, stop fraud on big tech payment apps, and hold powerful Wall Street companies accountable." #ProtectConsumers https://www.nclc.org/chopra-firing-brings-four-years-of-pro-consumer-cfpb-to-a-rapid-close/

Meet Susan "Bullets" - a FL activist who's collected 50K+ bullets to fight gun violence. Now she faces her own battle: $20K in medical debt after avoiding ER care due to being uninsured. Without Medicaid expansion, lives like Susan's hang in the balance.

https://floridahealthjustice.org/storie/susan/

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