Trump administration finalizes rule to end federal support for gender-affirming care
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Move blocking funds through Medicaid and Chip to make it harder for vulnerable children to get healthcare, experts say The Trump administration finalized a rule on Tuesday to end gender-affirming care through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Chip), a move that will make it harde…
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Medicaid says it will stop paying for some gender-affirming care for transgender minors
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Trump administration finalizes rule to end federal support for gender-affirming care
The Trump administration is finalizing rules to end Medicaid funding for sex change procedures, including cross-sex surgeries and hormones, for minors. The Department of Health and Human Services is finalizing a controversial rule that would block Medicaid reimbursement for healthcare providers who …
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that a final rule barring federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds from being used to pay for transgender medical interventions for minors, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries.
Taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for child sex-change hormones or surgeries, as a Trump administration agency announced Tuesday that Medicaid will stop funding such procedures and therapies.
This story originally appeared on The Advocate . The Trump administration has finalized a rule cutting off Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for gender-affirming medical care for transgender young people, turning the federal government’s financial leverage over two programs fo…
The Trump administration on Tuesday finalized a plan to cut off federal Medicaid funding for hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgeries for transgender youths. Why it matters: The rule is the latest escalation in the administration's effort to limit transition-related care , which has tested th…
President Donald Trump's administration said that Medicaid will stop paying for gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors and the state Children's Health Insurance Program won't pay for the treatments for those under 19.
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is implementing a new rule blocking the use of federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funds for gender-affirming care provided to children and youth.
The rule, effective Oct. 13, halts taxpayer dollars for puberty blockers and surgeries for minors while offering a six-month phase-out period for children currently on hormone therapy
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is moving to end federal Medicaid funding for gender-transition procedures for minors, calling the treatments "barbaric" and saying taxpayers should not be…
The Trump administration’s Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services on Monday, Aug. 10, published a final rule that will “severely restrict access to transition-related care for transgender youth,” according to a statement by Advocates For Trans Equality Health Policy Analyst SMK.
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will no longer pay for sex-change procedures for minors, ending the use […] Source
'Children deserve our protection, not experimental interventions that pose serious risks and convey no proven benefits,' said CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz.
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is banning Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding from being used for "sex-rejecting" drugs and surgeries for children.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday a rule that prohibits state Medicaid plans from covering gender-affirming procedures for minors and using federal Medicaid dollars for such care.
The Trump administration is finalizing a rule restricting Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program from covering gender-affirming care for trans youth, according to a document set to be published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Here’s a question that shouldn’t require an ounce of political courage to answer: Should the federal government use your tax dollars to fund irreversible medical...
