Victory! Court Grants Writ Forcing FL Gov. Rick Scott to Publicly Disclose Calendar, Campaign Events
Court rules Governor has 10 days to make public his electronic and hardcopy calendar, travel schedule, his place of residence, and a list of all campaign and fundraising events scheduled for the periods of
AIDS group sued in July after repeated public records requests to Governor’s office were denied, falsely claiming that the records were officially exempt from disclosure.
“This is a tremendous victory for the public’s right to know basic information about what the Governor is up to—who he is meeting with, where he is traveling, campaigning and fundraising both in his official capacity as Governor and in his current
In July,
Advocates from
The organization has been calling out Scott in response to his and state Medicaid officials’ failure to renew an HIV care contract with AHF’s
In late April, Florida Medicaid officials announced the awarding of Medicaid contracts, worth up to
While Scott and his cronies continue to play “business as usual” politics, the 2,000 HIV patients currently covered by PHC have become vulnerable to maintaining the care they critically need to stay alive, as they will be forced to choose for-profit companies that don’t cover the doctors they have come to rely on and trust for over a decade of quality, life-saving care. AHF and the numerous community supporters across the state that have come out in support of PHC, implore
Scott’s irresponsible actions and lack of transparency occurs while the
The facts about HIV in
- Nearly 5,000 people in
Florida were infected with HIV in 2016 alone, which means one out of every eight new HIV infections inthe United States occurred inFlorida . -
South Florida leads the nation in new HIV diagnoses at 38.7 new infections per every 100,000 people. In contrast, the overall rate inthe United States is 12.3 new infections per every 100,000 people. - Nearly 136,000 Floridians are estimated to be living with HIV, but one in six is still not aware of his or her HIV-positive status.
- More than 30,000 Floridians currently living with HIV are not receiving care for their infection.
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