"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled a series of proposals Thursday that would increase restrictions on care for transgender Americans, including puberty blockers, surgeries, and hormone therapy. Beyond these regulations, HHS said it would cut off federal Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to transgender children aged 18 and under. In a statement Thursday, Campbell harshly criticized the proposed rules, which would also exclude people with gender identity disorders from certain discrimination protections surrounding HHS-funded programs."
""Medically necessary health care for transgender youth saves lives and is essential to their emotional and physical wellbeing," Campbell said in the statement. "While these proposed rules cruelly target our trans community, they will put millions of Americans' health care at risk by forcing hospitals and medical providers to choose between receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding or abandoning their adolescent transgender patients.""
HHS unveiled proposals to increase restrictions on transgender care, targeting puberty blockers, surgeries, and hormone therapy for minors. The proposals would cut federal Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to people aged 18 and under. The rules would also exclude people with gender identity disorders from certain discrimination protections tied to HHS-funded programs. The measures could force hospitals to choose between federal funding and continuing adolescent transgender care. The regulations are not legally binding yet and will face legal challenges, rewrites, and public comments. Massachusetts law bars discrimination against transgender patients in health care and insurance.
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