Healthcare

The League’s Policy:

The League of Women Voters of the United States believes that public policy in a pluralistic society must affirm the constitutional right of privacy of the individual to make reproductive choices.

Focus:

To participate in LWVFL Healthcare Expansion Campaign supporting health care for Florida’s working poor who now fall in the gap;
To explore partnering with local hospitals, chambers and businesses in advocacy efforts;
To expand work to include Mental Health studies.

Co-Chairs:

Nancy Gau, Jessiestar2@yahoo.com, 561-439-4522
Brent Schillinger, bschill48@yahoo.com, 561-707-7065

Meetings:

See League Calendar.

Location:

Contact Nancy Gau

RECENT ARTICLES

Healthcare Committee Announcements
May 15, 2020 Nancy Gau COVID-19: As our state and county begin to re-open, we continue to suffer the medical and economic effects of this pandemic. Please continue to tune in to our weekly COVID Zoom calls every Wednesday at 6:00 pm. Brent Schillinger always begins with a medical update (on testing, treatments, etc.) and then we have a guest...
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Coronavirus Updates
by Nancy Gau On April 29, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the partial reopening of the state, with the exception of the three counties in southeast Florida. This includes “Palm Beach County”. Here, we look to Dr. Alina Alonso (PBC Director of the Florida Department of Health, for guidelines. She announced on April 29 that most golf courses, pools, parks,...
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COVID-19
Check below for the latest COVID information. Learn first hand how the Coronavirus is affecting our local community and what we can expect in the weeks to come, and what we need to do to stay safe....
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Coronavirus Updates
by Nancy Gau Keep washing those hands for 20 seconds, but if your hands become chapped or cracked-moisturize! Practice social distancing! (Even on your walks and grocery run.) Wearing a mask to the grocery is now advisable if only to prevent you from touching your face. Contact the Florida DOH Covid-19 call center at 1-866-779-6121. If you become symptomatic and...
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2020 Healthcare Enrollment
Wow — 1,912,394 That’s the number of people in Florida who enrolled in an Affordable Care Act Health Insurance plan for 2020. The enrollment period ran from November 1, 2019, to December 15, 2019. During that period, our Healthcare Issue Group assisted Epilepsy Florida, which had the lead navigator contract, by distributing some 3000 of their fliers. We delivered or...
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Healthcare Reform- November Report
NOVEMBER HOT TOPIC: HEALTH CARE REFORM Marsha Vinson The LWVPBC Healthcare Issue Group sponsored Kelly James of Florida Blue at November’s Hot Topic. Many Leaguers consider it the most important Hot Topic this year. Kelly, Director of the Florida Blue Center for Health Policy, explained that it is a very complicated subject. Kelly covered many significant topics including the impact...
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Medicaid Expansion Aids Maternal Health
Medicaid Expansion Aids Maternal Health By Emilie McKendall A young woman in Broward County, FL was recently forced to deliver her newborn baby alone, in a prison cell. And an Alabama woman was charged with murder when she was shot in the abdomen during an altercation, resulting in the death of her unborn child. (These charges were later dropped.) Both...
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Healthcare Meeting: How to prepare for an emergency
How to prepare for an emergency, save your life and manage life’s transitions. The Healthcare Committee in partnership with Emergency Info Plan is hosting two meetings for League members and their friends at the Compass Community Center. Register December 10, 2019, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM Today families often live states apart. Learn how to be better prepared for emergencies. Use...
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On January 14, 2019 / Issue Groups