Florida Policy Institute

At the end of the rainbow? Healthcare for Floridians. 🌈🍀 Request your petition to put Medicaid on the ballot-> medicaidflorida.org (We mail it to you with a pre stamped return envelope!)

Florida's 2026 regular session has come to a close. However, state lawmakers have not addressed key cost-of-living issues, like skyrocketing health care and energy costs. Read FPI's full statement below. floridapolicy.org/posts/statemen…

New restrictions under federal law (H.R. 1) have led to thousands of immigrants, including children and older adults, losing food assistance in Florida. Cuts to SNAP hurt families -- and they have adverse impacts throughout communities. floridapolicy.org/posts/thousand…

“Florida lawmakers are considering a proposal to add work requirements to what is already one of the most restrictive Medicaid programs in the country – and one that a federal judge recently found is severely understaffed and overwhelmed.”
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“It is hard to grasp how we arrived at a policy that effectively asks someone facing the end of their life to prove they are dying quickly enough to keep their Medicaid,” said Sadaf Knight, CEO of (FPI). “It’s almost unfathomable.”

You! Yes, you! 🫵 Take a 2 min break from doomscrolling & do something IRL to bring healthcare to Floridians .. request your petition to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot today! medicaidflorida.org

As FPI CEO Sadaf Knight notes, SB 1758 would push thousands of Floridians — including deeply low-income parents and young adults — off Medicaid and into the healthcare coverage gap. Read the full press release here: healthyfla.org/single-post/pr…

ICYMI: During a recent @AspenInstitute discussion on work & opportunity narratives in the U.S. South, Alexis Tsoukalas, PhD, talks about FPI's efforts to protect child labor laws, examines barriers to worker justice in FL through a historical lens, & more. youtube.com/watch?v=OYV2E_…

There are only 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid to all adults with low income. Florida is one of them. If SB 1758 is enacted, Florida will become the only state that imposes Medicaid work-reporting requirements on its non-expansion population. floridapolicy.org/posts/medicaid…

ICYMI: Although Florida policymakers are facing significant budget challenges, they continue to focus on cutting expenditures while neglecting to raise revenue. Below, FPI's overview of the Florida House and Senate budget proposals 👇 floridapolicy.org/posts/florida-…

On March 3, the Florida House is slated to vote on HB 1279, legislation that aims to further restrict higher education access for immigrants in Florida. Read more from FPI 👇 floridapolicy.org/posts/sb-1052-…

"The prospect of eliminating property taxes, whether gradually or suddenly, is a fiscally irresponsible attempt to control how communities spend their money and shifts the cost burden onto Floridians who are already struggling to make ends meet." -FPI's Esteban Santis

New cycle, new petition. Did you get your new petition to put healthcare on the ballot yet?? 🙋🏽‍♀️ It’s easy! 💫💫 Go to floridadecideshealthcare.org - we will send you a petition with a return envelope (postage on us!) Reply below if you already requested yours 👇

The strike ended when the recently integrated Florida Education Association and the state agreed to increase investments in education. Learn more at The Florida Timeline 👇 (3/3) floridatimeline.org/timeline/1968-…

In 1968, Florida still had segregated schools, but Black and white teachers had joined together to stage the first statewide teacher strike in the United States to demand higher pay and improved school budgets. (2/3)

A look back on the Florida teachers strike in February/March 1968 as we close out #BlackHistoryMonth. Black teachers brought their experience with civil rights organizing tactics and support from civil rights leaders to the strike. (1/3)

Yesterday, we released a statement from FPI CEO Sadaf Knight on the signing of HB 693, in which language that would have taken health insurance access away from lawfully residing immigrant children was amended OUT of the bill. Read the full statement: floridapolicy.org/posts/statemen…

House Bill (HB) 693 aims to impose new standards on Medicaid and SNAP eligibility, a move that would cause undue harm to Florida’s families. Read more in FPI's bill summary 👇floridapolicy.org/posts/bill-sum…

NEW on FPIs blog: Legislation (SB 1758/HB 1453) would implement Medicaid work-reporting requirements in Florida. This would come with steep administrative costs and push even more parents into the health care coverage gap. Read more below 👇 floridapolicy.org/posts/medicaid……

NEW: Under the FL Dept. of Education's proposed rule, school districts would not have to bear the full financial burden of Schools of Hope co-location; however, they would bear the brunt of “incremental” costs, such as maintenance. Read more 👇floridapolicy.org/posts/schools-…