Florida Will Defy Biden Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers: 'The State Law Stands'

[Nevilledog]

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Florida will not enforce President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, which was upheld on Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s liberal wing to save the mandate, which requires workers in medical facilities which receive Medicare or Medicaid funding to be vaccinated.

The court struck down another mandate which would have used OSHA to compel businesses with more than 100 employees to require them to be vaccinated or submit to regular testing.

Friday, Florida announced it will not comply with the healthcare worker mandate.

A memo from the state Agency for Health Care Administration noted:

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court approved the Federal Government’s application to stay preliminary injunctions that had been entered against the CMS vaccine mandate. The Agency is reviewing the Supreme Court’s decision. As communicated earlier this month, the Agency continues to follow Florida law and will not survey for compliance with the CMS vaccine mandate rule. Florida law requires all employers, including health care employers, to provide broad exemptions to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate…

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[angrychair]

1. Sounds good

Start pulling federal funds starting tomorrow.

[LenaBaby61]

2. NOT gonna happen unfortunately ..... I wish, but .....

[Phoenix61]

11. It absolutely will happen. nt

[Volaris]

19. Step. Let the hospitals fight a war with the state government, it will NOT

go the way desantis wants lol.

[PortTack]

3. Who wants to live in this f..ked state? Go to the hospital and get covid by an unvaccinated worker

[Celerity]

6. a jab AND possibly the Rona at the same time, a 2-fer, what's not to like?

[LenaBaby61]

7. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[Cha]

21. My sister and her family

live in Gainesville.. and my nephew and his finance live in St Pete.. all Dems.. my sister likens it to living in a bubble.. trying their very best to protect themselves from the DeathSentence.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. SCOTUS vaccine mandate for Health care workers...see you in court

deathsatan...

[Celerity]

5. thousands of elected MAGAts are watching the outcome of this quasi rebellion

[liberalmediaaddict]

9. Just imagine if this sadistic demagogue

becomes President.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Misleading headline due to misleading weasel-word statement out of

OmicRon DeSantis' office.

The state's healthcare agency is not tasked with enforcement of the federal CMS mandate. CMS already have the data they need to know which care facilities will require remediation or eventually, termination if they fail to comply because they already have mandatory reporting in place. Failure to report, or report accurately will also result in termination.

This reporting includes a detailed account of all staff and patient/resident vaccination status. Has for a long time now.

So they can preen and crow all they like, but it's just a show for the chickens.

[Nevilledog]

15. We'll see.....I don't trust that fucker.

Might come down to hospitals saying get the damn shot & workers going on strike. Then DeSantis will have to put up or shut up.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. You don't have to trust him. He has no power in this situation because

He is not holding the big bag of money or the data. The feds are. The end.

[Nevilledog]

17. Guess we'll find out.

[Lovie777]

12. The party of death ...

[Vinca]

13. Sorry, King Ron. Federal law prevails over state law.

[Emile]

14. I hate to think I went to the hospital for an exam and catch covid. WTF is wrong with these idiots?

[bluestarone]

18. Might end up doing another George Wallace thingy?

Where he blocked the school in Alabama!

[L. Coyote]

20. One more ploy in their strategy to break up the USA and steal everything?

This will result in all kinds of lawsuits against Florida, but de Satan doesn't foot the bill himself.