Groups applaud HHS for ending taxpayer-funded child sex change procedures
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the Department of Health and Human Services have stopped using taxpayer money for sex-rejecting procedures on minors through Medicare and CHIP starting October 13.
- The decision prohibits funding for puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for children.
- Several groups have praised this move, calling the procedures harmful and irreversible.
- This action is described as supporting evidence-based medicine and protecting children and taxpayer resources.
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Groups applaud HHS for ending taxpayer-funded child sex change procedures
(The Center Square) – The Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement that it will end taxpayer-funded child sex change procedures by terminating Medicaid and CHIP coverage for such interventions as puberty blockers and more has met with approval from…
Trump Administration Ends Medicaid Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures on Minors
Under President Donald Trump’s order, the federal government will no longer use Medicaid funds to pay for harmful sex-rejecting procedures for minors. The new rule, finalized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is scheduled to take effect on October 13, 2026. The CMS final rule eliminates all federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding for gender interventions on children under 18 (under 19 for CH…
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