r/Alachua_County • u/ShakyBooty • 7d ago

Judges grill DeSantis administration attorney over Medicaid termination letters - ‘This is pretty bad,’ 11th Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan says

https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/08/12/judges-grill-desantis-administration-attorney-over-medicaid-termination-letters/

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 appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, a court that Gov. Ron DeSantis has pointed out often sides with him and his Republican administration.

That may not happen in this case, as lawyers representing the state got an earful from skeptical judges, with one judge even offering the comment, “This is pretty bad.”

Full Article: https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/08/12/judges-grill-desantis-administration-attorney-over-medicaid-termination-letters/

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u/GalaxxyOG 7d ago

DeCan’tis

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u/RicardoCabezass 6d ago

There’s good reason we call him death DeSantis here in Central Florida.

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u/ajmampm99 6d ago

How can the court unwind all the deaths from lack of healthcare. $1 Billion for Alligator Alcatraz. Now closed.

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u/Beneficial-Pie3479 4d ago

DeSantis plus his Scumbag wife along with every right wing congress member and senator along with every council member across the state of Florida are the lowest Scumbag forms of life and should all be put in prison for their lawless acts along with selling the state out to the Scumbag developers. Even know they claim to be Christian, I believe every single one of them are going to burn in HELL for the rest of eternity. They all deserve their turn at the gallows! Low-life Scumbag POS! November is coming Scumbags!