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Hospital Taxing Districts

AIF SUPPORTS creating broad-based funding sources to enhance access to health care services. AIF SUPPORTS efforts to redistribute ad valorem tax dollars in a manner that creates equity in funding for all providers based upon their levels of service to Medicaid, uninsured and underinsured residents of a district.

Hospital districts were first established to ensure Florida’s indigent residents had access to hospital facilities; however, in recent years, the role of these districts has expanded beyond their intended purpose. As a result, some of the areas in which these districts operate have seen escalating local taxes without accountability. Hospitals and health care facilities that receive tax revenues should be held strictly accountable for the manner in which such funds are used.