Massachusetts vows to fund trans kids’ healthcare after Medicaid ban

Massachusetts has vowed to assume the full cost of gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children and teenagers covered by the state’s Medicaid and CHIP programs if a new Trump administration rule takes effect this October. The federal rule, finalised Tuesday (11 August), would prohibit Medicaid and Children’s He

On Tuesday, the Trump administration finalized rule changes that ban the use of Medicaid and other funds for gender identity healthcare for youth.

Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, he’s been vowing to stamp out gender-affirming medical care—what his administration terms “sex-rejecting procedures”—for young people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Now, his administration is specifically going after the health care of trans kids from low-inco

The Trump administration says the change is intended to protect children.

Trump administration bans the use of federal Medicaid funds to cover gender identity healthcare  CNN

The Trump administration on Tuesday released a final rule blocking the use of federal Medicaid dollars for transgender healthcare for minors, as well as barring Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plans from paying for gender-affirming procedures for minors. The final rule released by The Centers for Medicare an

The Trump administration on Tuesday finalized a plan to cut off federal Medicaid funding for hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgeries for transgender youths. Why it matters: The rule is the latest escalation in the administration's effort to limit transition-related care, which has tested the boundaries of exec

Taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for child sex-change hormones or surgeries, as a Trump administration agency announced Tuesday that Medicaid will stop funding such procedures and therapies.