Groups applaud HHS for ending taxpayer-funded child sex change procedures
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have stopped using taxpayer dollars to fund sex-rejecting surgeries on minors, which some groups describe as harmful and irreversible.
- The Trump administration claims this action supports evidence-based medicine by ending federal funding for what it calls experimental gender treatments.
- Medicare and CHIP will no longer pay for puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or related surgeries for children starting October 13.
- Officials assert these procedures involve serious long-term health risks and lack reliable evidence of clinical benefit, highlighting a commitment to protect 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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