The STORIES
Medicaid Expansion
Darren has worked in unskilled labor positions for most of his life but because of his physical problems, he can no longer return to those jobs.
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Elder Health
When Antonia goes to the dentist for the maintenance care that she needs, she is turned away. It is always the same response: “Your insurance does not cover dental care.”
Long-Term Care
When her 87-year-old mother, Mankuar, fractured her back, it fell upon her daughter Diwantie to pick up the pieces, becoming her mother’s voice and caretaker through the travails of hospital and rehabilitation center visits.
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Immigrant Health
“I have been an educator for over 13 years, and I know the important role that education has in the lives of immigrant families and their children. When they are healthy, children can be in the classroom, and that is where great things can happen!”
Floridians Impacted By COVID-19
Before Covid-19 hit Central Florida, Michael Smith scraped together a living running his own small business. He doesn’t have health insurance but has medical needs, including asthma he manages on his own.
Share Your Story
Join us in working for health justice in Florida. Let your voice be heard! Please contact us if you or a family member need health care and are:
- An uninsured Floridian between the ages of 50-64.
- A low-income worker.
- A parent of a minor child.
- A pregnant woman.
- Someone struggling with injury or illness, including mental illness.
- A senior struggling to remain at home and out of a nursing home.
- A person who has benefited from being on Medicaid , or had a family member who has benefited.
Sharing your story --in your words and your voice-- is essential. Together we'll make the case that everyone should have affordable accessible health care.
We are grateful to the following funders for support of the STORIES Project:
