Florida Fines Medicaid Providers for Using Taxpayer Money to Cover Transgender Procedures

Florida on Thursday took legal action—including fines—against five Medicaid health care insurers that broke the state’s rules against using taxpayer funds to cover transgender procedures.

American flags along with the Florida state flag are carried in a tray at a political campaign event in Miami, Fla., on Aug. 18, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida on Thursday took legal action—including fines—against five Medicaid health care insurers that broke the state’s rules against using taxpayer funds to cover transgender procedures.

A spokesperson for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement that the agency has issued cease and desist letters and imposed financial penalties on five insurers for “illegal, harmful medical practices” that they covered for health care providers.