Federal Judges Overturn Transgender Healthcare Bans in Florida and Arkansas.

A federal judge has blocked Florida rules championed by Governor Ron DeSantis that restrict Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for potentially thousands of transgender people. The judge said a Florida health code rule and a new state law violated federal laws on Medicaid, equal protection, and the Affordable Care Act's prohibition of sex discrimination. The ruling involved a lawsuit filed last year on behalf of two adults and two minors, but advocacy groups estimate that some 9,000 transgender people in Florida use Medicaid to fund their treatments.