Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking at a press conference on April 14, 2022. (Credit: Governor Ron DeSantis Facebook)
Last year, after a searing Miami Herald investigation of a Florida program created to provide health care for children who suffered catastrophic brain injuries at birth, Charlie Lydecker resigned under fire as board chairman of the Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association. Few expressed regret at seeing Lydecker — and his colleagues on the board and the executive director — depart as part of a sweeping makeover. Those who considered the changes appropriate included Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, who said bluntly: “NICA has got to do better.” Lydecker is bac...
