Federal Medicaid Dollars Step Back From Transition Care for Minors
Starting in mid-October, federal insurance money will no longer flow toward puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgery when those treatments are used to address gender dysphoria in people under 18. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made it official on Aug. 11, finalizing a rule that cuts Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program reimbursement for what the agency labels "sex-rejecting procedures." It's one of the furthest-reaching moves the federal government has made yet on youth transition care.
