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(TALLAHASSEE, FL - June 21, 2023 ) Today, a U.S. District Court Judge struck down Florida's anti-transgender health care rule that denied the state's transgender Medicaid beneficiaries coverage for evidence-based, widely accepted gender-affirming medical care. The ruling came in Dekker v. Weida, a federal lawsuit challenging the rule filed by Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, Florida Health Justice Project, the National Health Law Program, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the state of Florida cannot ban the use of Medicaid payments for transgender healthcare. The ruling, handed down by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle, marks a major victory for Florida&r...

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A federal judge has struck down a controversial Florida rule and statute that prohibited Medicaid coverage for gender-dysphoria treatment, siding with LGBTQ advocates and doctors.

A federal judge in Florida overturned a rule and a statute that barred the state from paying for transgender healthcare, the state’s second defeat in two weeks. The state’s practises were found unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle, who said they violated the 14th Amendment’s guarantee to equal protection, as well as the federal […]