by S. Baum | Aug 16, 2026 | CHIP, Gender-Affirming Care, health care, Medicaid, News, trans youth, Trump Administration
A critical deadline passed Wednesday in the federal fight to preserve transgender people’s access to health care. States and providers have sixty days to respond accordingly. On August 11, the Trump Administration released a final rule that is set to ban Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from covering most kinds of gender-affirming care for trans young people…
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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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