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Children's Minnesota temporarily pauses gender-affirming care after federal pressure
Children's Minnesota will pause puberty-blocking prescriptions for minors amid federal warnings and potential exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid programs, hospital said.
- Children's Minnesota said it will temporarily pause prescribing puberty-suppressing medications and hormones for patients under 18 beginning Feb. 27.
- Amid federal guidance, Children's Minnesota said Tuesday it paused prescribing puberty blockers and hormones for minors, citing increased federal actions and a December declaration.
- Children's Minnesota said it has contacted patient families and affirmed its commitment to mental-health, supportive, medical, and non-medical services while pausing treatments starting February 27.
- Children's Minnesota said the move was necessary to protect the hospital and its providers, warning these threats jeopardize Minnesota's only comprehensive pediatric health care system and clinicians' practice.
- A coalition of states including Minnesota has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over the December declaration, following a year-old order by President Donald Trump blocked by a judge.
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Children’s Minnesota to pause some gender health care for minors
Children’s Minnesota hospital says it will pause some gender health services for minors following federal actions on health care. The hospital network said in a statement Tuesday that there has been an increase of federal actions “directed at pediatric health systems” such as Children’s, which provides gender-specific care through its Gender Health Care Program. Among the recent federal actions was a U.S. Health and Human Services declaration in…
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Children’s Minnesota to pause some pediatric gender health services
Gender-affirming care for transgender youth remains legal in Minnesota, but the hospital says it will pause prescribing puberty-suppressing medications and pubertal hormones to patients under the age of 18.
·Saint Paul, United States
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