The nonprofit has been mired in controversy since Florida House Republicans began holding hearings this year examining why money from a Medicaid settlement wound up at the Hope Florida Foundation. The House subcommittee’s investigation centered on a $10 million payment sent to the foundation by one of the state’s largest Medicaid contractors after it reached a $67 million settlement with Florida over pharmacy cost overcharges.
The Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times reported that Centene — the contractor — returned $57 million to Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration as part of the settlement, then sent the remaining $10 million to the foundation. The Florida Hope Foundation later donated most of the money to two nonprofits that then gave it to political action committees fighting a state ballot measure to legalize marijuana. Ron DeSantis opposed the ballot measure.
The DeSantises continue to defend the Hope Florida Foundation, with the governor calling probes into the payments a “hoax.” The foundation supports and raises funds for Hope Florida, a program Casey DeSantis started in 2021 to give people in need alternatives to government assistance.
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