Hospitals dodge questions on restoring trans youth care despite judge ruling they can keep providing it

Hospitals dodge questions on restoring trans youth care despite judge ruling they can keep providing it

Several hospitals cut trans youth care under Trump administration pressure and still won’t say if those programs will return.

Federal ruling lifts threat to gender-affirming care, but Illinois youth access remains stalled

A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s policy that threatened to cut Medicare and Medicaid funding to hospitals providing gender-affirming care to minors—but advocates say health centers in Illinois have not resumed services for transgender youth. The ruling, issued April 18 by U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai, removes the threat of losing federal funding that added pressure on hospitals after many had already scaled back gend…