As Gov. Ron DeSantis looks to open the state back up, he is being pushed by health-care providers to shield them from lawsuits stemming from the delivery of care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state’s largest physician, hospital and nursing-home associations are asking DeSantis to issue executive orders that would protect their members from lawsuits because of actions that occurred — or didn’t occur — during the crisis. Several groups even provided a fully worded proposal to the governor this week.
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