Florida Grand Jury: DeSantis Team Misused Medicaid Settlement Money
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A grand jury in Florida looked at money from a big legal case. The case was about Medicaid. Medicaid is a program that helps poor people pay for doctors.
The grand jury said the government of Florida used the money in the wrong way. They said officials took the money for political reasons. Political means about government and elections.
The grand jury called it a 'sophisticated scheme'. A scheme is a secret plan. Sophisticated means very clever and complicated.
Florida's governor is Ron DeSantis. He leads the state government, called an administration. An administration is a group of people who run a government.
The grand jury did not say any person did a crime. This is called an indictment. An indictment means official charges. No one got charges this time.
The story is about how governments use public money. People want money to be used the right way, not for politics.
Vocabulary15 words
- grand jury
- a group of people who check if there was a crime
- Medicaid
- a US program that helps poor people pay for doctors
- political
- about government, leaders, and elections
- scheme
- a secret or tricky plan
- sophisticated
- very clever and complicated
- administration
- a group of people who run a government
- indictment
- official charges saying someone did a crime
- misappropriated
- used money in a wrong or dishonest way
- settlement
- money paid to end a legal problem
- funds
- money kept for a special use
- official
- a person who works for the government
- governor
- the leader of a US state
- state
- a part of the USA, like Florida
- legal
- connected to law
- public money
- money that belongs to everyone, from taxes
Quiz
Answer key
1. A Medicaid settlement 2. It was misused for political activity 3. No
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A _____ in Florida looked at money from a big legal case.
The case was about _____. Medicaid helps poor people pay for doctors.
The grand jury said the government of Florida used the money in the wrong _____.
They said officials took the money for _____ reasons.
The grand jury called it a 'sophisticated _____'.
Florida's governor is Ron _____.
He leads the state government, called an _____.
The grand jury did not say any person did a _____.
This is called an _____.
No one got _____ this time.
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