02 🏥Health Care Security

I will never cut Medicare or Medicaid. Never.

The problem

• 388,000 Floridians trapped in the Medicaid coverage gap

• Florida turns away $4 billion in federal funding every year

• Uninsured rate projected to climb from 10.7% to 16.7% in 2026

• Prescription drug costs crushing seniors on fixed incomes

• Our veterans are being failed by a VA system under real strain — mental health wait times rising at 7 in 10 VA medical centers nationwide, and Florida veterans referred to Tampa's Haley hospital caught in that same slowdown - Vet Voice Foundation, Feb. 2026

• Florida is one of nine states suing to weaken disabled Floridians’ right to community-based care instead of institutions

Tony's solution

• Never cut Medicare or Medicaid — full stop

• Expand Medicaid using the $4 billion in our own tax dollars left on the table by Tallahassee.

• Fight to lower prescription drug costs for District 53 seniors and families

• Push state resources to fill the gaps the VA can't — more veteran service officers, mental health crisis support, and housing help for the veterans still waiting on the federal system

• Defend disabled Floridians’ right to community-based care, not institutions