The early draft of the House Republicans' tax and spending bill proposed to eliminate federal Medicaid funding for gender-affirming health care for minors. However, a last-minute amendment extended this prohibition to transgender adults as well. This change could impact over 150,000 adult Medicaid recipients. Media Matters' Ari Drennen noted the significant consequences of this amendment, while the House Freedom Caucus celebrated the expanded ban. The Senate is reviewing the bill, which the Congressional Budget Office has previously estimated could save $800 million over ten years, though updated estimates regarding adult care are pending.
"Trump's 'Big, Beautiful' reconciliation bill will yank lifesaving medical care for 150,000+ trans adults on Medicaid," Ari Drennen, highlighting the critical implications of the bill's amendment.
The original bill's ban on Medicaid dollars for transgender care for children has now been expanded to also prohibit it for adults," stated the House Freedom Caucus, celebrating the legislative change.
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