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  And housing insurance
context: Florida is one of them. Childless adults in the Sunshine State can’t get Medicaid unless they fall into a special eligibility category, like having a disability. And even adults with kids have a hard time getting onto the program because the standard income guidelines are so low ― about 30% of the poverty line, which last year worked out to less than $7,000 for a family of three. That’s not enough to cover rent, food and other essentials, let alone buy a health insurance policy.
  
  I knew it was bad but not that bad. Holy fuck. >
  
  Florida is one of 11 states that refuse to expand Medicaid for the working poor (Obamacare).  Yup - all of those people vote against their own self interest.  Fucking morons >
  
  Florida is becoming a Mecca for the right. They think it's the way America should be. >
  
  
  Florida is becoming a Me a for the right.
  
  And yet, we continue to FUND DeSantis’ agenda by vacationing in Florida.  
  Remove a chunk of tourist dollars from their economy, and you hold DeSantis’ feet to the fire.  Nothing else will work. >
  
  florida is in full on fascism.  going on vacation there would be like going to germany in 1935. >
  
  Keep everyone angry, ignorant, poor, and desperate. Sounds like everything is going according to plan. >
  
  That will never work. Keep them happy with bread and circuses. Bread and circuses is a general term, it doesn't mean literal bread or circuses. It means anything that keeps the people happy.
  A lot of times politicians keep the people happy by giving them a racial minority to feel superior to. You can see that in other recently posted stories like Florida book burning / Fahrenheit 451 (targeted books have the subject of diversity and inclusion), or the proposed rule that public universities in FL have to teach a certain Western history class / cannot teach minority history. >
  
  DeSantis wants Floridians to stay “asleep” even if it means forever. >
  
  This is doublespeak, right? Like, being awake is better than being asleep, yet being woke is supposedly a bad thing. >
  
  Florida man loses heath care after voting for DeSantis. >
  
  Rubelican plan is working.  Helping their voters die. >
  
  b..but i was told Florida man is immortal! he certainly acts like he do be. who deceived this regional hero!?!?! >
  
  One of the reasons I moved away from Florida after a decade. Health care was stupidly hard to get as a poor person. They've made it really hard on low income people there. >
  
  It's not 'hard' it is that it doesn't exist.
  Florida is one of 11 states that STILL refuse to expand Medicaid for the working poor.  But good thing those people vote for Republicans to 'own the libs'.
  Never met a bigger group of idiots who vote against their own self interest >
  
  I never voted for Republicans when I lived there. Unfortunately, the bigger issue I saw in Florida was many low income people were so preoccupied with the difficulty of life that they simply do not vote. Those voter ID laws partly seem to cultivate a culture of not voting amongst the poor. A lot of the people who are old and retired which makes up a huge chunk of their population are the ones voting for these assholes. I mean I imagine there are some poor people voting against their interest there as in every state but frankly the ones I met simply didn't vote at all. >
  
  
  Those voter ID laws partly seem to cultivate a culture of not voting amongst the poor
  
  It has zero to do with voter ID laws.  There are a dozen different forms of ID.  Yet to meet a single person who doesn't have some form of ID that would work at the voting booth.  You also have 2 weeks to vote, including two weekends.   
  
  A lot of the people who are old and retired which makes up a huge chunk of their population are the ones voting for these assholes.
  
  They make up a 'large chunk' because they are way way over-represented because the under 40 crowd can't be bothered to find a voting booth 
  Actual Demographics of Registered Florida Voters  
  
  Under 30 -18.3% of the registered voters - 11% voted in 2022
  30-40 were a whopping 13% of the electorate - about 5pts off
  45-64  32% of the registered voters, but 37% of the vote. 
  64 and up - 23 % of the registered voters but 32% of the vote.  
  
  Guess which group Crist needed.
  
  I mean I imagine there are some poor people voting against their interest there as in every state but frankly the ones I met simply didn't vote at all.
  
  The poor, white, vote overwhelmingly for DeSantis and for all Republicans.  It is why we have an entire State House of Republicans.  Crist didn't just lose - he got trounced in almost every demographic.  It was brutal >
  
  It's not just voter laws my guy, it's access to voting. you notice how elections aren't a holiday, and they always seem to fall during business hours? A lot easier for the 45+ crowd to get time off of work when they are retired or have enough clout to tell the boss they'll be in a little late. Oh, and these people also tend to have more time to get an ID, or for that matter are less likely to have less stable living situations and can easily prove residency. I myself have been disenfranchised in Ohio because my current living situation and P.O. Box vs. Physical address woes and proving residency. >
  
  There is also a lack of education about voting. As a poll worker I often have to tell young voters differences between registering to vote vs change of address. To be fair in my state it is confusing (perhaps deliberately) because the change of address mentions voting but doe not actually update voter registration. Things like voting locations are confusing (ours requires a specific polling place, unless you are dropping a  mail ballot). Forms of ID are also confusing. Seniors can use expired IDs while those under a certain age cannot. Small things but it trips people up. >
  
  All by design I reckon >
  
  Yes lots of states have that - but Florida has been the butt of jokes too many times.  The one thing we have actually made easier and more available is voting.  If you see someone in line in Florida on voting day realize they had 2 weeks to vote prior to that day.  
  Voldemort (aka former Gov. Scott now Senator) tried to roll that back and got egg on his face when Florida fucked up an election again.  They put it back to the 10-14 day standard with requirement of 2 weekends.  
  Florida other items to make it more difficult have also been shut down by the courts (voting on college campuses etc).  
  If you vote early there is not 'polling location' to confuse you.  You are eligible to vote anywhere in your county.   Here in our county (and lots of neighboring counties) the public libraries are turned into polling locations for early voting.  It takes 5 minutes >
  
  As long as he gets to deny healthcare to transgender kids, he doesn't give a shit what happens with anyone else's. >
  
  Isn't that part of the point of culture wars? To distract people from the realization that they're being taken for a ride? >
  
  Losing health care to own the libs. >
  
  When the state Surgeon General doesn't believe in medicine, you know what to expect >
  
  Precisely why DeSantis appointed him (Ladapo.) DeSantis needs compliant lackeys who aren’t too smart so he can dictate health policy himself, tell teachers what to teach, etc. >
  
  A reminder that Florida is the state that sent Rep. Alan Grayson to the US Congress. 
  
  If you get sick, America, the Republican health care plan is this: Die quickly. That's right. The Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick. >
  
  Which is so stupid and shortsighted. If they die they can’t keep spending money to buy things, because they’ll be dead. >
  
  That’s why they made abortion illegal. >
  
  Not unexpected in a State governed with scientific ignorance, and religious bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, and racism. >
  
  And their Homeowners Insurance.... >
  
  The point is to cause pain to everyone who is not a rich, white, Christian male. The more pain, the better. That's who his base is, that's what the people of Florida want, at least the majority of them. The infliction of pain against people who are not like them.
  The culture and morals of the whole state will have to change to correct course.  I don't see it happening within my lifetime.