The fight for Medicaid Expansion is not over Make two calls with the following message: “My name is [name] and I live in [city]. I am outraged that the legislature has put politics over the health of working families and the economy. I DEMAND a special session so Florida can accept the federal funding toContinue reading “Call Gov. Scott to Demand Special Session!”
Category Archives: Legislative Session
Nurse Lobby Day A Success
Last week, 100 of our friends and colleagues from JHS went to Tallahassee to lobby legislators on Medicaid expansion and funding for Jackson. See coverage here. They met with dozens of legislators, were recognized in the chamber of the Florida House, held a press conference and delivered personal stories to House Speaker Will Weatherford’s office.Continue reading “Nurse Lobby Day A Success”
Speak Out for Our Patients!
Call your state legislator right now at (866) 443-1844 and tell them to support Medicaid expansion. Take a stand for our patients, our hospital and the community. Tell them to take the money and save lives!
Tallahassee Update – Week 6
The sausage-making business continues apace in our state’s Capitol. This week, the Legislature moved closer to doing…something…about expanding healthcare to its citizens. Unfortunately, most of it was just wrong. State Rep. Richard Corcoran unveiled a much-anticipated proposal he dubbed “Florida Health Choices Plus”, which turned out to be severely lacking in health, choice, or any significant plus to Florida’s citizens, taxpayers, or the state budget.
SEIU Florida Calls Out Cynical House Healthcare Expansion Proposal
Press Statement: April 11, 2013 Contact: Rebecca Wakefield rebecca@seiu1991.org SEIU Florida denounces an increasingly absurd attempt by House Republican leadership to avoid accepting billions of dollars of federal money for healthcare expansion while professing concern for the health of low-income families. State Rep. Richard Corcoran’s bill, dubbed Florida Health Choices Plus, echoes the cynical andContinue reading “SEIU Florida Calls Out Cynical House Healthcare Expansion Proposal”
SEIU Florida Outraged at Florida Legislature’s Inaction on Medicaid Expansion
Press Statement: April 9, 2013 Contact: Rebecca Wakefield rebecca@seiu1991.org With three weeks to go before the end of the regular legislative session, both the Florida House and the Senate leadership have opted not to move discussion of Medicaid expansion. If the inaction continues, Florida risks losing $51 billion in tax dollars from the federal governmentContinue reading “SEIU Florida Outraged at Florida Legislature’s Inaction on Medicaid Expansion”
Tallahassee Update: Week Three
This week, we tracked several pieces of important legislation moving fast through Tallahassee. Closer to home, Local 1991 members were active in speaking out about healthcare expansion and safe staffing, and helped Jackson North get approval for a helipad needed in order to build a Level II trauma center there.
Local 1991 Member Blasts Ryan Budget Proposal
If Congressman Paul Ryan could talk to patients like the young man Denise Glass, RN, saw last week in the Jackson emergency room living with a large, painful testicular mass he couldn’t afford to get treated, he might reconsider his disastrous budget plan. “Everybody told me I need to go the hospital but I don’t have any money,” the patient told his nurses. “I got my wife and kids and I work, but you know I just don’t have more money for the hospital. Can you just do something so I can go to work?”
Medicaid Action Call March 15
For the next 30 days, healthcare advocates from around the state are making calls to their legislators to support Medicaid expansion. Friday, March 15, is our day to make calls. Register online today to give your ten minutes to the cause.
Local 1991 Members Get Political
Florida senators and representatives spent the last week of February in their home districts meeting with residents in preparation for the 2013 legislative session. Local 1991 members took advantage of the opportunity to meet with their legislators about priority issues such as Medicaid expansion.