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HHS proposes actions to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors

The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday a series of proposed actions to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors. Read More

Trump administration seeks to effectively end gender-affirming care for minors

Hospitals and doctors that perform gender-affirming care surgery on minors will have to forgo federal Medicare and Medicaid funding under new rules proposed by the Trump administration Thursday, ... Read More

Kennedy seeks to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved on Thursday to cut children's access to gender-affirming care, marking one of the Trump ... Read More

RFK Jr. moves to restrict gender-affirming care for minors

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the Trump administration is taking steps to further restrict gender-affirming care for minors. Read More

US moves to block gender-affirming care for children, threatens Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals

The proposed HHS regulations could sharply limit access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender children across nearly two dozen states where such care remains legal, by threatening ... Read More

New federal rules may threaten Vermont hospital funding over gender-affirming care for minors

The Trump administration said Thursday that hospitals participating in Medicaid and Medicare would be prohibited from administering gender-affirming care to minors, among other proposed rule changes. Read More

Citing federal changes, Fenway Health ceases gender-affirming care for patients under 19

A Boston community health center that, for decades, has been a nation-leading haven for LGBTQ+ care, is ending gender-affirming care for patients under 19, citing new federal requirements. Fenway ... Read More

MaineHealth seeking ways to connect youths to gender-affirming care if federal rules take effect

MaineHealth, according to the statement, is examining ways to refer patients to clinics that do not participate in Medicaid or Medicare, so that gender-affirming care provided by the hospital system, ... Read More

Bills to simplify gender-affirming care coverage under review in Mass.

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts lawmakers are considering several bills that could impact health insurance requirements, including one aimed at reducing barriers for gender-affirming care. A State House ... Read More

RFK Jr. moves to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors

HHS proposed rules that would cut federal funding for gender-affirming care for minors, effectively restricting access nationwide. Read More