Federal judge upholds Florida Medicaid ban on covering gender-affirming care
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal court judge on Wednesday allowed a Florida rule to continue that bars the state Medicaid program from reimbursing patients for most forms of gender-affirming care.
Judge Robert Hinkle denied a preliminary injunction request from a coalition of transgender rights groups seeking to stop the rule. The groups previously filed a lawsuit against Florida over its ban on Medicaid covering the cost of gender affirming care.
Hinkle said the lawsuit addressed a potential violation of Medicaid law rather than a broader constitutional issue. The lawsuit alleged the state violated parts of the equal protections clause of the Constitution and anti-discriminatory language in th...
