Trump Administration Bars Medicaid From Paying For Minors' Transgender Care

Trump Administration Bars Medicaid From Paying For Minors' Transgender Care The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the final rule Tuesday. The rule also blocks the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, from paying for transgender procedures for people younger than 19. In a statement on Truth Social, President Donald Trump wrote, “We are not going to pay for our innocent children to undergo these barbaric surgeries." https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/administration-news-081226/