Federal appeals court finds Florida’s Medicaid termination letters insufficient

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 1,370

Last Updated: 3 days, 1 hour ago

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Florida has lost another round in a long-running legal battle over how the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis removed people from Medicaid.

A federal appeals court ruled this week that the DeSantis administration did not provide adequate notice to people it claimed were no longer financially eligible before dropping them from the safety net program following the end of the public health emergency caused by COVID-19.

The 23-page decision, …

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