The Florida Department of Health's list of 2022-2026 goals and objectives has no references to "health equity," as Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo tells the Tampa Bay Times that the term has become political and has become counterproductive to addressing healthcare.
“It’s an imprecise term,” Ladapo told the outlet. “It’s a term that really has grown to have more of a political meaning than a meaning related to health. But it’s the State Health Improvement Plan. So we will focus on health.”
DeSantis administration removes 'equity' from Florida healthcare priorities
- by: Jack Birle
- 2023-03-24
- Source:
Washington Examiner
- 03/27/2023
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The state of Florida no longer outlines health equity as its top priority, instead rating Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia as its chief healthcare concerns for the next five years.
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