Chianne D. et al v. Jason Weida, Middle District of Florida

Executive Summary

On November 4, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed that Florida’s income-based Medicaid termination notice system violated the Constitution, upholding a major victory protecting hundreds of thousands of Floridians. The decision preserves a permanent injunction requiring Florida to provide clear, individualized notices explaining whose coverage will end and why before terminating class members’ Medicaid based on income. Read the opinion here. 

Three Floridians, represented by the Florida Health Justice Project and the National Health Law Program, have filed a lawsuit against the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Children and Families. At issue in the suit are the notices these agencies are using to alert people that their Medicaid coverage is ending. In just three months, more than 182,000 Floridians have been issued notices saying they are no longer eligible for coverage, and hundreds of thousands more will have their coverage reviewed in the coming year. As alleged in the Complaint, low-income individuals who are losing Medicaid coverage have no idea whether the State is making the right decision and whether (or how) to challenge their loss of coverage.