"Today's win breaks through the noise and gives some needed clarity to patients, families, and providers. Health care services for transgender young people remain legal, and the federal government cannot intimidate or punish the providers who offer them."
"The ruling blocks the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from threatening to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding, a major source of revenue for hospitals, if they provide gender-affirming care to minors."
"Federal officials have defended the policy by arguing that the treatments are unsafe. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said the administration is trying to protect young people from medical decisions they may not fully understand and that cannot be reversed."
A federal judge ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services cannot enforce a policy threatening to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals providing gender-affirming care to children and teens. New York Attorney General Letitia James and other states filed a lawsuit challenging the policy. The proposal had already caused disruption, with hospitals like NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai pausing services for transgender youth. The Attorney General's Office argued these actions violated state anti-discrimination laws. Federal officials defended the policy by claiming treatments are unsafe and argued the administration seeks to protect young people from irreversible medical decisions they may not fully understand.
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