Candice Jones attends to her patient Nihmaya Farrell, 6, center, Nichaya Simmons, 13, left, and mother Natasha James at the Edgewater Pediatrics in Orlando, Florida, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. - Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/TNS
In May, Gov. Ron DeSantis had this to say, after signing one of the toughest abortion bans in the nation: “One of the things I’m most proud of is that the state of Florida stands unequivocally in defense of the family, and in defense of our children. And we have done more to protect children than any state in the country.” What DeSantis knew — what most Florida families probably did not know — was that even as he spoke, state officials were rushing to dump hundreds of thousands of Floridians off Medicaid rolls. Roughly one-third of those losing coverage are children. And as the Sentinel’s Caro...
