Judges grill DeSantis administration attorney over Medicaid termination letters

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 627

Last Updated: 6 days, 6 hours ago

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A trio of federal judges Wednesday grilled an attorney representing the DeSantis administration over how the state terminated people from Florida’s Medicaid program in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Florida was first sued three years ago over how it disenrolled people from the safety net health care program — a process known as an “unwinding” — which resulted in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits.

After losing before a lower court, the state …

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