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☆ Biden heads to Florida to campaign against DeSantis with midterms looming
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will visit Florida on Tuesday, seven days ahead of U.S. midterm elections, to contrast Democratic healthcare plans to those of Republicans while taking on potential 2024 rival Ron DeSantis during a campaign event. In his first political event in a state he lost in 2020, Biden is expected to take aim at Florida Republican Governor DeSantis during a campaign event for Democratic candidate for governor Charlie Crist, and then attend a fundraiser. The president is expected to offer his most sharply targeted attack yet on DeSantis, administration officials told Reuters. Biden and DeSantis have clashed over multiple issues including COVID-19 vaccines, abortion and LGBT rights. Biden met DeSantis last month during a trip to the state to assess devastation from Hurricane Ian.

☆ Ron DeSantis will continue sending migrant flights to blue states after Florida recovers from Hurricane Ian damage, spokesperson says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Hannah Getahun | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Florida will continue flying migrants out of the state, DeSantis' office confirmed Saturday. The state paid $1 million to charter migrant flights to Delaware and Illinois, documents show. Fenske told the Associated Press the program is active as officials responded to Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 hurricane that devastated Florida and other southeastern states. "While Florida has had all hands on deck responding to our catastrophic hurricane, the immigration relocation program remains active," Fenske told the Associated Press. According to documents released Friday by the Florida Department of Transportation, Florida paid $1 million to set up two more flights to Delaware and Illinois.

☆ Texas sheriff probes move to 'lure' migrants to Martha's Vineyard after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered their flights
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Texas sheriff is opening a criminal investigation into the transport of migrants from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard. Ron DeSantis chartered two planes to fly about 50 migrants there. The sheriff said the migrants were "lured" with "promises of a better life." Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, announced the investigation during a news conference on Monday and said he has received names of "persons of interest" in the case.

Ron DeSantis sent two planes of mostly Venezuelan asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, advertising executive Max Lefeld slammed the move as a political stunt. A group of migrants huddle on a sidewalk in front of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. The divisions largely fall along political lines, with Venezuelan Republicans defending DeSantis and Democrats blasting the move. Venezuelan migrants often cross the perilous Darien Gap in the Colombia-Panama border and then make their way north across Central America. Now many Venezuelans are divided, with Republicans defending DeSantis’ move to send Venezuelans to Martha’s Vineyard and Democrats condemning it.

☆ Trans Floridians sue to block Medicaid rule excluding gender-affirming care
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Advocacy groups sued Wednesday to block a new Florida rule that bars Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming health care, such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration adopted the rule last month after it issued a report that claimed gender-affirming procedures have the “potential for harmful long term affects.” The rule took effect Aug. 21. in the lawsuit, said the new Medicaid rule will prevent her and her husband, Joshua, from being able to access puberty-blocking medication prescribed by K.F.’s doctors. They are also represented by two health advocacy groups, the Florida Health Justice Project and the National Health Law Program. Accredited medical groups — including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association — say gender-affirming medical care is safe and medically necessary.

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