My Friends this Weekend was a bad set back as the Fl House Overwhelmingly shot down our dream of seeing #ExpandMedicaidNow #CloseTheGap happen by a 72 to 41 Vote in The Florida State House after being Successfully passed by the Fl Senate in BiPartisan Fashion a rarity in these times.
We got to at least get a hearing so maybe we may see this happen. But it should have happened in my opinion.
The Big Reason IT DID NOT ? THE MONEYED INTERESTS FROM OUT OF STATE THE KOCH BROTHERS And ALEC !
Who Are they you may ask? Charles and David Koch are the Sons of an Oil Dynasty Texaco they also sell Cottonelle and Charmin Angel Soft Tissue and other paper products. They own media companies.
Their goal is a radical anti Government one. They are NOT Typical Pro Business GOP. They are Libertarian Radicals with a dangerous agenda.
What is ALEC ? The American Legislative Extange Commission – A Pro Business anti labor Lobbying effort by major corporations in The US.
These two groups paired with Americans For Prosperity A Koch Funded lobbying agency killed Healthcare for the poor in Fl by buying a State Legislature and Governor.
I sit along with my friends Amy and Gen Rodriguez Uninsured today along with 1 Million Uninsured in Fl. Thanks to them.
But i intend to keep speaking out and will expose the injustice done by these people !
Not only is our chance at having dignity with healthcare at risk but our Whole Way of Life as Americans  is at Risk with this agenda that intends to Stop Free Speech and Assembly and Circumvents Election Laws ! Its up to you i for one AM NOT GOING  AWAY ! You Will See #ExpandMedicaidNow / #CloseTheGap Until All Are Insured !
I have to question why when HealthyFl was a Free Market approach to #ExpandMedicaidNow they rejected it ? Money would have been made and taxes maybe lowered ! Why more hate of President Obama?  Please Enough of the hate people die daily without healthcare and I PESONALLY AM SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE SICK SUFFERING AND DYING NEEDLESSLY!
So Guess What ALEC AFP and yes YOU Charles and David Koch – I AND #ExpandMedicaidNow Are NOT GOING AWAY WE WILL EXPOSE AND DEFEAT YOUR INHUMANE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE POOR and UNINSURED  ! Because #Poverty #PoorLivesMatter #ALLivesMatter and #CloseTheGap #ExpandMedicaidNow Must Happen for it is the Humane and Right thing regardless of Ideology or money #ALLivesMatter at the end of the day ! Thank You God Bless

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My Friends as a child I loved the Flintstones Cartoon ! Fred was like me today hard working always trying but struggling. But he never gave up ! And When it comes to #ExpandMedicaidNow Neither Am I !!
I used to kid my dad about resembling Fred Flintstone. But now in a way I do by trying to make it better for All !
You See Healthcare should be for All. We shouldn’t have to beg for care. Governor Scott and Speaker Crissafulli want us to go back to the Real Stone Age. With No Healthcare and No Hospitals Unless you can pay for it with insurance. This is a Disgrace and Should be an Outrage to All in Our Great Nation ! We The Unisured are asking for a simple thing Dignity. The Dignity of having access to Medical Care.
Today instead of Leading The Mr Slate of Florida Governor Scott went to Disney World to hob nob with Jindall Walker Cristie Bush Rubio and Friends. My friends Fl is no Mickey Mouse state to run ! We are at a potential crisis with no budget and our Hospitals closing potentially.  But our Gov decides to host a summt at Disney while many like Amy and Gen Rodriquez and myself suffer without healthcare. And Yes Charlene Dill died near Orlando without healthcare.
This Is Not The Stone Age We have the Greatest Healthcare System in the World ! Its time all had access to it ! By playing Politics like Gov Scott does instead of leading is leading us down a road to a bad outcome. An outcome of more sickness and deaths. We need Healthcare and Hospitals Gov Scott ! This is no joke ! President Obama created the ACA to save lives not upset You ! We The Uninsured do not have time for #PettyPolitics for our very lives are at risk ! This is 2015 Not the Stone Age ! If a cartoon can show people helpng each other why can’t you just do the right thing and #ExpandMedicaidNow and #CloseTheGap  ! For our lives are in the balance ! And its no trip to Disney for We The Uninsured in Fl ! Thank you God Bless

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My Friends Tomorrow is a huge day potentially for #ExpandMedicaidNow in Fl and for myself Amy Rodriguez and Genesis Rodriguez personally.  Tomorrow The Senate comes back into session to Finally Vote to #ExpandMedicaidNow with Healthy Fl. I was under the impression it did pass. But it was only in 2 committees. But The Senate Must Pass this First.. For any good to come out of this session..The House still refuses to deal with the REALITY that Hospitals Will close If #ExpandMedicaidNow Doesn’t Happen.
The idea of Profit Sharing by Gov Scott with the Hospitals is a joke. They and the Senate are not interested.  Why they know it is NO PLAN. It is not realistic.
We Face a huge Crisis in Fl with No Budget Potentially and on July 1,2015 A State Shutdown !
Why Gov Scott and the Legislature putting Taxes before the Welfare of the State its Residents and Visitors !
Yes by not #CloseTheGap #PoorLivesMatter #EXPANDMEDICAIDNOW . Visitors if sick or hurt May Not Have Hospitals to go to ! Yes if We The Uninsured Do Not Get Help We May Die !
All this over Taxes and Ideology ! Yes the Hate of President Obama factors in this too. Its an EXCUSE NOT TO HELP THE POOR IN FL.
Their refusal to give him credit for the ACA plays a role in this pathetic Drama. But the Fl Senate sees Reality Unlike The House and Gov Scott they have a plan to Insure the Poor and Save The Hospitals from closing. It is better than What Gov Scott and the House have. Which Is 0 !!
SO Tomorrow We Shall See What happens in Fl.  Will We The Uninsured Get Dignity or be Tossed Yet Again To The Curb by Gov Scott  !
This month is critical All who read this Blog as much as possible please tweet and Post #ExpandMedicaidNow #CloseTheGap #PoorLivesMatter #EXPANDMEDICAIDNOW to get peoples attention that we are Sick of Being Sick and Suffering ! Thank You All  God Bless

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My Friends today i wrote a letter to President Obama to help us in Fl. Yes he is aware of the situation but we do need his help.

Dear President Obama

Thank you for getting involved in our fight in Fl to Expand Medicaid in Fl.  I am actually one of the People affected by this. Mr President I never had insurance in my adult lifetime.  And I am 45 years old.
It started when i was 16 with Asthma.My family couldn’t afford the insurance anymore. So i had to depend on Family for help with Medicine and Doctors. Plus i got sick and visited the ER a few times too.
Plus I had a few other issues such as Dyslexia and LD to deal with. But i got tired of seeing people like me suffer. So I became a Social Media Activist.  I tweet @FredChristian10 and on Facebook to keep awareness to this issue.
My Concern is If Medicaid is not Expanded our Hospitals will close. This would cause unecessary Death and Suffering.  Can you please have someone help me with this issue. I will enclose my contact info. I want to share my story more. I have it in a blog titled My Healthcare Journey.  Plus can you please speak out and encourage Fl to #EXPANDMEDICAIDNOW and #CloseTheGap. I hope we can do this not just for me but my friends Amy and Genesis Rodriguez too.
We must get this done. Currently We have 1 Million Uninsured in Fl! Thank You for all.you do. And Yes you can use my name to help the cause . As my goal is to be a Voice and Face on this issue.Great Activists like You Get It Mr President and We appreciate it and you.

               Thank you and God Bless
         
                        Sincerely,
                   Fred W Christian

in case you need it I am on Twitter @FredChristian10 Facebook Fred Christian plus Pages Expand Medicaid Now People Need Help ISSUES WE FACE groups Issues We Face and Expand Medicaid Now plus #ExpandMedicaidNow #EXPANDMEDICAIDNOW SITES

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My Friends This Is a Post that I also am rewriting to Update
My Friends as Many of you know i had a rough week. I went to the ER with Bronchitis.; I am ok now but it made me and I hope all of you think about something

In my last blog I talked about LIP LOW INCOME POOL.; These are Federal Government Subsidies given to States and Hospitals to cover the Uninsured as part of Indigent Care.

On June 30 Fl could lose 1 Billion Dollars of This Fund ***Seource Randy Schultz Sun Sentinel Column Sat March 7, 2015 .

This is very dangerous for the sick if you Have Cancer Have A Stroke Heart Attack or are in any situation such as an Auto Accident or Shooting you will be in trouble.

This Must Not Happen We Must Urge Our Law Makers to stop this nonsense now ! Not Just in Fl but 21 other States Refusing to #ExpandMedicaidNow will be affected by this.! Today I actually had a debate with a person who actually thought Medicaid Expansion was not good and they have Medicaid. I do not want to be Uninsured.  The Jackson Health Systems program will be eliminated with No. Medicaid Expansion or LIP. leaving Many in Miami Dade the poorest and highest Uninsured in Fl to Fend for Themselves!  After last week in.the ER I said to myself :”I Do Not Want To Beg For Medical Care Ever ! ” i didn’t have to this time. But We All May After June 30, 2015 !
And The ER which is strained now may close or refuse care ! This is A Gamble Where We May All Lose, So We Must Push to #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Thank You All God Bless

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My Friends this is an Important blog that I am Resharing today.

My Friends today is an Important day in Medicaid Expansion!  The State House and Senate go in Session today.

We have a new development I learned about on Sunday in both the Sun Sentinel and Miami Hearld article *(Section B Local and State pp 1 and 7 B Miami Hearld ) The Legislature has to wrestle with either taking Medicaid Expansion or trying to replace funding for Indigent care which I currently qualify for.
Jackson Health Systems The Public Trust Hospital in Miami Dade county Fl is projected to lose $167 Million Dollars. Thus putting an entire county at Risk that are Uninsured. Jackson Health Systems is Ryder Trauma Center and Holtz Childrens Hospital plus a partnership with The University of Miami. If Uninsured shot or in an accident you need a Trauma Center – Ryder is The Best.

The $167 Million Dollars affects All Hospitals in Fl as this money goes toward indigent care  ! The Indigent Care program Will SunSet Thanks to The ACA. Now What do We The Uninsured Do ? This is a potential disaster for us ! Yesterday I went to the ER because of a Respiratory Illness. It was Bronchitis.  I am ok i couldn’t see my primary care clinic as a walk in so I had to go to the ER. BUT IF HOSPITALS CLOSE or Cut Access to care many will die needlessly !
I read a quote on Medicaid Expansion from New  Fl House Speaker Steve Crissafulli  (R- Meritt Island ) ** Seource Sun Sentinel Sun March 1,2015 Editorial Page “says he is a never -say – never kind  of a guy”
I and the 1 Million UNINSURED in Fl hope so. Facing No Indigent Funds is an ugly disaster. So Please Fl Senate Do The Right Thing #ExpandMedicaidNow.  Thank you God BLESS
***UPDATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Fund For Indigent Care is From The Federal Government LIP LOW INCOME POOL – That Will Expire due to ACA it was hoped all would be Insured ! **Seource Miami Hearld article  Sun March 1 2015 Section B Local and State PP 1 and  7B
** Since writing this I am not Eligible For Dade county Jackson LIP CARD due to my inability to provide documentation they accept. So I again am also 100% Uninsured too

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My Friends I recently wrote my First blog titlled NO REASON FOR THIS WE NEED MEDICAID EXPANSION. Today I am updating this so many more can see it

My Friends this summer I wrote a post about Gun Control and Violent Crime and Medicaid Expansion being at a Crossroads ! This week a Custodian was attacked while cleaning a restroom in a Public Park. She was stabbed and left to die. Forttunately she is alive ! That is the good part. The bad part is that she has no Healthcare ! So the local news agencies promoted a fund to help.

My point being that it should not come to having to depend on others kindness when sick or injured. The situation can wipe you out financially and emotionally. Having to Find a Way to Pay to Stay Alive could cost you your health as it did with 32 yr old Single Mom of 3 Charlene Dill last year. She died needing Medicaid Expansi on ! Worked 3 Jobs couldn’t afford insurance and died of a heart attack selling vacuum cleaners on a strangers porch. A Preventable Death.

My point is you shouldn’t have to beg for healthcare or haggle with an Emergency Room ! I am currently Uninsured ! I live this daily in my State Fl 17% ** of the Uninsured in the Country reside here ! ( ***Seource of Statistic Sun Sentinel letter to the Editor by Fl State Representative Richard Stark )   This is inhumane and creul I said last summer what do you do if left hurt in a violent crime ? Well you end up like that poor lady begging ! And I have done that personally with my own health issues.  And I say Enough ! Please Find Some way to give the Uninsured Dignity ! Enough of begging ! The Funds Are There. We Pay For Them. Do The Right Thing for your fellow man and woman and save lives ! Please #EXPANDMEDICAIDNOW #ExpandMedicaidNow and Save Lives ! Thank You God Bless !
***Update The Custodian is DaJuan Johnson and She was stabbed in her eye.  The Story and this blog can be found on My Facebook Page Timeline and The Expand Medicaid Now People Need Help Page “Issues We Face” Page and Groups and Please sign my Petition to help Expand Medicaid in Fl Page.  – Thank you God Bless  

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My Friends Today Is A Sad Day In Philadelphia Pennsylvania
last night a six car Amtrack Train derailed killing six injuring hundreds. This is a sad thing. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of all involved. Being from Atlantic City NJ we have ties to Philadelphia many members of my family including my grandmother were born there. So in tribute I say #PhillyStrong #PhillyTough
But Good can will shall and must come from this ! Our roads and bridges are collapsing daily. This causes needless deaths and tradgedies. #Infrastructure #Infrastructure #Infrastructure must be our rally cry. The train tracks were outdated We need high speed rail to compete in the 21st Century ! We need better roads. To compete !
And We need better medical care too.
We face an infrastructure crisis like none before in Florida If we do not #ExpandMedicaidNow. It is our Medical Hospital System. Yes this is infrastructure too community infrastructure.  Hospitals are needed desperately in Fl and many may close due to the malpractice of Gov Scott. His plan of profit sharing is stupid and is no plan. Hospitals are not companies Governor ! They serve a greater purpose to save the lives in the Community.
I have wriiten the What iF You Have No Healthcare Scenario many times before. We may have in Miami Dade our Level 1 Trauma Center Ryder Trauma Center at Jckson Memorial Hospital close if Jackson closes ! Not just Miami Jacksonville Tampa St Pete too ! So if we have an accident like the Amtrack one it will be a disaster with no hospital to help. Not just incidents like this but auto accidents plane crashes disease outbreaks violent crime victims  and other accidents. That is why we need hospitals and trauma centers to save lives quickly ! So you Do Not #diequickly !
Plus Medicaid Expansion helps the actual victims too if uninsured you will go bankrupt from having a trauma incident. Another good reason to #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Plus jobs created and saved building the Infrastructure for Medical Facilities and roads and bridges ! If we do not #ExpandMedicaidNow it is a Train Wreck for WE THE UNINSURED !! Plus for the State of Fl as well.
So think about it #Infrastructure can save lives ….It may be yours ! So for #Philadelphia #PhillyTough #PhillyStrong #ExpandMedicaidNow Thank you God Bless

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My Friends today is Not a Good day in Fl or a Good day for me personally. I will adress my problem later.
Yesterday The Fl Legislature Ended its session with out a budget leaving Fl hanging ! Why their refusal to #ExpandMedicaidNow in Fl. For 1 Million Uninsured.  Now If No budget by July 1,2015 not only will we not Have No LIP but our public Hospital system may close due to a financial hit that may not have to happen.The numbers :
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEMS MIAMI $167 Million Dollars forcing it to close its doors ! Potentially leaving S.Fl without a Level 1 Trauma Center.
Broward Health $93 Million **
Memorial Regional Hospital Hollywood Fl $62 Million wiping out a $16 Million Surplus. **
UF SHANDS JACKSONVILLE  $95 MILLION and may be forced to close within 60 days **
**Seource Sun Sentinel 4/26/2015 Opinion Sun Sentinel Editorial Page 36A
The State House refused to suck it up and #ExpandMedicaidNow!  Instead they took their ball and went home like spoiled brats ! This is not a game for We The Uninsured!  Its Life and Death ! Talk to me my friend Amy Rodriguez and her daughter Genesis about this ! Talk to Charlene Dill’s kids who will grow up with no mom.
Why ? Because of the intentional mismanagement and willful neglect by Gov Scott and Speaker Crissafulli ! One runs away (Crissiafulli) and the other(Scott)  pursues his hate of President Obama and the poor by suing  the Federal Government yet again !
We are in limbo Gov Scott knew LIP WAS OVER ! YET He insisted on keeping it ! Running away Mr Speaker Crissafulli is no better ! If Fl was a Real Company as Gov Scott believes it is we could fire him. Sadly it isn’t!  This is gross mismanagement and neglect ! For what to please David and Richard Koch ! Two Billionaire Non Fl Residents!  Running Americans for Prosperity a conservative Think tank.
We may die I currently am without my Jackson Health Systems program card. The reason No document they like. I am totally uninsured now again. Now we face No Hospitals and being Uninsured!  Thank you for running Away from Us Governor and Mr Speaker ! We The Uninsured  do not appreciate it.
We. Must fix this soon Rome is burning Gov Scott is suing and the Fl House is AWOL !
I now will fight harder than ever ! Help us Fl help us America save us from this nightmare that not all voted for ! A nightmare of abandoning those with No Options And No Hope ! I

I Updated This on August 15 2015 To Show 3 Of The Uninsured Myself Amy and Gen Rodriquez Pictured !
Thank You God Bless

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