by Katheryn Houghton | Nov 5, 2026 | Children’s Health Insurance Program, health care, Hospitals, Medicaid, medicaid cuts, medical care, News, pediatric care, Trump Administration
Hospital units dedicated to treating the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing nationwide. In the past year alone, hospitals have closed pediatric intensive care units for critically ill kids in Montana, Oregon, and Missouri. Overnight hospital wings for kids have also shuttered in Illinois and California. Depending on the hospital, pediatric units — which are separate from neonatal…
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by Orion Rummler | Jan 7, 2026 | Children’s Health Insurance Program, CHIP, Colorado, Department of Health and Human Services, Gender-Affirming Care, gender-affirming care for youth, Gender-Affirming Health Care, health care, LGBTQ Rights, Medicaid, Minnesota, News, Trans Rights, trans youth, Trump Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington State
Three children’s hospitals are under federal investigation for providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth, as the Trump administration continues to use all the levers it can to block such care. Health and Human Services (HHS) General Counsel Mike Stuart has referred three children’s hospitals to the agency’s inspector general’s office: Seattle Children’s Hospital…
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