Proposed HHS rule on gender-affirming care radically expands use of Medicare, Medicaid as policy weapons If enacted, the rule will set a dangerous precedent

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/24/gender-affirming-care-hhs-rule-medicare-medicaid-weapons/ By Carmel Shachar and Nicole HuberfeldDec. 24, 2025 Shachar is an assistant clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School. Huberfeld is Edward R. Utley professor of health law at Boston University School of Law & School of Public Health.