Trump Administration Bars Medicaid Funding of Transition Treatment for Transgender Youth

Transgender rights advocates said the new rule would face a legal challenge.

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

Medicaid said it won't pay for gender-affirming surgeries or hormones for transgender minors.

Trump instructed CMS to end Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures, calling the surgeries "barbaric" in a Truth Social post.

Federal dollars in the two health insurance programs would not go toward gender-affirming care, but states could still cover the treatments.

The Trump administration is finalizing rules to end Medicaid funding for sex change procedures, including cross-sex surgeries and hormones, for minors. The Department of Health and Human Services is finalizing a controversial rule that would block Medicaid reimbursement for healthcare providers who give gender transiti