$10 Million In Medicaid Money Went To DeSantis PAC

The Miami Herald reports:

The $10 million that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted to a state-created charity last year consisted of Medicaid dollars owed to state and federal taxpayers, contrary to what the governor and other officials have publicly asserted. Three years ago, lawyers working with the state drew up a settlement agreement that said Florida’s largest Medicaid contractor, Centene, overbilled taxpayers $67,048,611 for medications, according to a copy of a draft agreement obtained by the Herald/Times.

That’s the exact amount DeSantis officials settled on with Centene last year. But instead of returning all $67 million to state and federal coffers, they sent $10 million of it to the Hope Florida Foundation, a charity overseen by first lady Casey DeSantis. The money was then sent to two nonprofit organizations that aren’t required to report how they spend their funds. Those “dark money” groups later gave $8.5 million to a political committee overseen by DeSantis’ chief of staff.

Read the full article. That political action committee was set up by DeSantis to run ads against legalizing weed. The anti-DeSantis MAGA-verse has been obsessed with this story for weeks, with Roger Stone claiming that DeSantis and his wife will both face charges.

The mysterious $10M donation steered by #Florida officials to a charity created to fund Hope Florida — first lady Casey DeSastrous’ top political initiative — was “illegal” under state law, according to a GOP lawmaker. www.tampabay.com/news/florida… via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

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— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes.bsky.social) April 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM