Court Rules Florida Medicaid Termination Letters Fly in Face of Federal Law

Court rules Florida Medicaid termination letters fly in face of federal law | Judge bars state from terminating Medicaid beneficiaries’ benefits unless it provides them with proper notice.

Court rules Florida Medicaid termination letters fly in face of federal law

A Judge barred state from terminating Medicaid beneficiaries’ benefits unless it provides them with proper notice.

Judge rules against state on Medicaid notices

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Florida violated the constitutional rights of people dropped from the Medicaid program because the state sent notices that “border on the incomprehensible.” U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard, in a 273-page ruling in a class-action lawsuit, also barred the state from terminating benefits for financial-eligibility reasons unless it provides adequate notice. Howard wrote that people who receive what is …