Trump Administration Cuts Off Federal Medicaid and CHIP Funding for Trans Minors

Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care for minors, despite latest federal attempt to block it

Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care despite an announcement from the Trump administration banning Medicaid from covering hormone therapy and procedures for children under 18.

Trump Administration Cuts Off Federal Medicaid and CHIP Funding for Trans Minors

Starting Oct. 13, a final CMS rule ends federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for youth transition care, leaving states to cover costs or enforce bans.

Massachusetts vows to fund trans kids' healthcare after Medicaid ban

Massachusetts has vowed to assume the full cost of gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children and teenagers covered by the state’s Medicaid and CHIP programs if a new Trump administration rule takes effect this October. The federal rule, finalised Tuesday (11 August), would prohibit Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funds from being used for gender-affirming […] The post Massachusetts vows to fund trans kids’ healthcare …

CMS Ends Federal Medicaid, CHIP Funding for Youth Gender Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for certain gender-transition treatments for minors beginning Oct. 13, imposing …