Before leaving his job, AG Yost halts ‘transgender’ operations for next 20 years
Just before leaving office, now-former Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost halted “transgender” operations for the next 20 years, sued an ambulance company over deceptive billing practices, indicted two people and a junk-removal business, and launched a new crime-related tool for Ohioans.
“The Cleveland Clinic settled with the State of Ohio and USDOJ Friday after an investigation revealed they mis-coded Medicaid billing to disguise transgender procedures on minors,” Yost wrote on X. “They agreed to halt procedures for 20 years, and funding $2 million and transitioning care.”
The Cleveland Clinic settled with the State of Ohio and USDOJ Friday after an investigation revealed they mis-coded Medicaid billing to disguise transgender procedures on minors.
They agreed to halt of procedures for 20 years, and funding $2 million and transitioning care.
— Dave Yost (@DaveYostOH) June 7, 2026
Yost added in a follow-up post that “that ban—which is increasingly becoming the accepted clinical view around the world—will remain in place regardless of what the Supreme Court does with HB 68, the SAFE Act.”
The bill, which was introduced by state Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, was signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on April 24, 2024.
“Mis-coding is a known problem. I hope our other children’s hospitals are paying attention. People tell me things,” Click wrote on X in response to Yost’s post.
Mis-coding is a known problem. I hope our other children’s hospitals are paying attention. People tell me things. https://t.co/Yts8rzmo7J
— Rep Gary Click 🇺🇸 💯👍 (@clickforohio) June 7, 2026
State Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania Twp., also responded to Yost’s post on X, writing that the Republican Party “once again” has been “vindicated” after being told by people on the left that the “transgender” operations are made up.
Anyone remember when the left told us this was not happening in Ohio and that we were trying to solve a problem that did not exist? Once again the Republican party is vindicated! https://t.co/5Fkj7NigBh
— Rep. Josh Williams (@JoshWilliamsOH) June 7, 2026
Yost also sued an ambulance company, accusing it of failing to disclose its out-of-network status, as required by the state of Ohio, resulting in consumers being forced to pay medical transport bills they didn’t expect, according to his press release.
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service of Ohio allegedly failed to provide this information to patients before transporting them between medical facilities, the lawsuit, which was filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, said.
“Patients being transferred between hospitals have enough to worry about without getting hit with unexpected bills weeks later,” Yost said in a release, adding that consumers deserve to know the truth because of the state’s Consumer Sales Practices Act.
In the lawsuit, Yost wrote that the company violated the law “failing to inform consumers of the right to receive an estimate, billing for out-of-network care after insurance reimbursement, making false or misleading statements regarding cost, and requiring consumers to enter a transaction on terms that the company knew were substantially one-sided.”
Yost filed the lawsuit after receiving complaints from more than 20 people who were billed hundreds or thousands of dollars for transportation by Superior between July 2024 and June 2026, with some people telling Yost that the information about them was sent to third-party collection agencies after they failed to pay the money, the press release said.
In another press release, Yost announced that a Summit County grand jury indicted DeShawn Dixon, 47, and Zachary Dupert, 34, of Akron, as well as SOS Junk Removal, Dupert’s junk-removal business, for “illegal open burning and dumping of solid waste, operating a solid waste facility without a license, illegal disposal of construction and demolition debris, and tampering with evidence” in Copley Township.
“We have [shone] a light on this dumper,” Yost said in a release. “Taking a shortcut to get rid of your waste is not acceptable.”
Another thing that Yost did before leaving his job was to launch a new online tool, the Ohio Crime Statistics Dashboard, that allegedly “provides unprecedented transparency into felony crime and sentencing trends across Ohio” by compiling felony arrest and sentencing data dating back 10 years for all 88 counties in the state.
“This data has countless applications, whether it’s helping families understand community safety or guiding policymakers in improving criminal justice laws,” he said in a release. “Most importantly, it strengthens accountability and helps ensure that violent offenders get the sentences they deserve. Knowledge is power.”
