"Children's Wisconsin cited "escalating legal and federal regulatory risk" facing providers across the nation as the reason it is "currently unable to provide gender-affirming pharmacologic care." The hospital added that LGBTQ+ children should be treated with "support, respect, dignity, and compassion.""
"In December, the Department of Health and Human Services, under the direction of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced plans to end all Medicaid and Medicare funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to minors. "Under my leadership, and answering President Trump's call to action, the federal government will do everything in its power to stop unsafe, irreversible practices that put our children at risk," Kennedy said, announcing the funding threat. "This administration will protect America's most vulnerable. Our children deserve better - and we are delivering on that promise.""
"UW Health said its hospital system will pause prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapy for patients under 18 years old "due to recent federal actions." The hospital remains committed to providing mental health services for patients and families."
Children's Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Health have stopped or paused gender-affirming pharmacologic care for patients under 18, citing escalating legal and federal regulatory risk and recent federal actions. Both hospitals said they will continue to offer mental health services and emphasized treating LGBTQ+ children with support, respect, dignity, and compassion. The Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to end Medicaid and Medicare funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to minors. Advocates warn that loss of medical access will harm mental health outcomes for transgender youth, while major medical associations call such care safe, reversible, and essential.
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