Medicare for All Florida is an incorporated, grassroots, member-led not-for-profit founded in 2021 and incorporated in 2022 to build public support for single-payer “Medicare for All” in Florida. The group runs statewide virtual town halls, local organizing, petition drives, trainings, and campaigns to pass state and federal legislation and local resolutions advancing universal, publicly financed healthcare.
Advocacy for state and federal single-payer Medicare for All legislation; passage of local resolutions endorsing universal healthcare; efforts to lower prescription drug costs (e.g., insulin caps); expanding access to care and removing private-insurance barriers; public education and candidate engagement on healthcare reform.
Primarily member dues and small grassroots donations, event registration fees, and occasional grants or crowdfunding; operates largely on volunteer labor.
Healthcare-NOW, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP), One Payer States, Florida labor coalitions; has hosted elected speakers such as Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Rep. Frederica Wilson.
Incorporated not-for-profit grassroots advocacy organization (volunteer-led board)
