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Bush-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Trump Obamacare Rule Restricting Transgender Health Coverage Protections

The ruling keeps federal cost caps and subsidy protections in place for marketplace enrollees after the judge found HHS exceeded its authority.

Summary by IBTimes UK
A federal judge has restored Affordable Care Act (ACA) protections for gender-affirming care, striking down a Trump administration provision that would have pulled the treatment from the law's essential health benefits, the architecture that caps costs for every marketplace enrollee. Senior US District Judge Nathaniel Gorton, appointed by Republican President George HW Bush, ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) oversteppe…

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The Advocate broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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