The Trump administration on Thursday proposed regulations that would strip Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals providing gender-affirming care to minors, effectively forcing medical facilities nationwide to halt such treatments.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the sweeping proposals alongside the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), marking the administration's most aggressive effort yet to restrict access to puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgical interventions for transgender youth. Kennedy characterized these treatments as "malpractice" that fail to meet professional standards of care.
