Florida Health Care at a Crossroads

Healthcare is a Human Right

Florida’s health care system is at a breaking point. Nearly 11% of Floridians are uninsured—one of the highest rates in the nation—and doctor and nurse shortages are straining communities from the Panhandle to the Keys. Yet Florida remains one of just ten states that refuses to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, leaving thousands of working families and seniors without affordable coverage.

The state legislature has put ideology over the people they were elected to serve. Emily Gregory believes it’s time to listen to Floridians-not ignore them. 

A citizen-led effort is underway to put Medicaid expansion on the 2026 ballot, but federal legislation to cut the program and roll back ACA subsidies threatens to strip millions of Floridians of the care they rely on. Emily Gregory will put people over politics.

Meanwhile, patients in Florida live under a near-total abortion ban, with ongoing threats to IVF, contraception, and other family planning services—putting deeply personal medical decisions in the hands of politicians instead of patients and their doctors. Emily Gregory supports codifying the protections of Roe v. Wade into Florida law, ensuring that reproductive rights are protected regardless of who holds political power in Tallahassee.

Floridians deserve safe, accessible health care and leaders who will listen. Emily Gregory is ready to fight for you.