Trump Medicaid Trans Care Policysince Aug 12

Trump Ends Trans Care Funding

Medicaid and CHIP will no longer cover some gender-affirming care for minors.

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Opinion | The Trump administration is cutting life-saving care for thousands of teenagers — and calling it ‘protection’

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a rule, effective Oct. 13, ending federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for gender-affirming care for minors. The rule bars federal payments for puberty blockers, hormone treatments and transition-related surgeries; CHIP coverage is barred for patients under 19. Children already receiving hormone therapy will have a six-month phase-out period. The policy is part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict gender-affirming medical care for transgender and nonbinary youth.

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Medicaid care cutoffLeans Left

Ending federal Medicaid and CHIP support for youth gender-affirming care denies vulnerable transgender teenagers medically necessary treatment. The Trump administration is harming low-income transgender children while claiming it is protecting them.

Taxpayer-funded transition harmsLeans Right

Public money should not support programs or medical procedures that push children toward gender transition. Colorado’s transgender-related initiatives and gender-transition treatments for minors are harmful to children and deserve federal intervention or defunding.