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Trump agenda bill would block Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care
- On May 22, the U.S. House approved a budget reconciliation bill that prohibits the use of Medicaid funds to provide treatments related to gender transition for transgender individuals of all ages nationwide.
- Originally limiting the ban to minors, a late amendment by Texas Rep. Jodey Arrington removed the age restriction, extending coverage bans to adults as well.
- The bill includes bans on surgeries, puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and possibly hormone-level bloodwork, passing narrowly 215-214 with nearly all Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed.
- The legislation would strip Medicaid coverage for 152,000 transgender Americans, provoke clinic policy changes like Pittsburgh’s Central Outreach halting care for patients under 19, and fuels ongoing political and community resistance.
- This bill’s passage signals a national effort to limit transgender healthcare, framed by supporters as protecting children and saving money, while opponents call it discriminatory and harmful to vulnerable Americans.
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Why experts say Trump's budget bill strips health care from nearly all transgender people
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a sweeping Republican-led budget reconciliation package — dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by President Donald Trump and the bill’s proponents — that, if enacted, would decimate access to gender-affirming care for transgender people of all ages across the country.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.More than a tax bill, the legislation, passe…
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meaws.comFederal Medicaid cuts will disproportionately impact LGBTQ adults
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a reconciliation bill on Thursday, May 22, that includes several proposed changes to Medicaid, including imposing work requirements for enrollees, stricter eligibility checks, and incentives for states to not expand Medicaid. The bill also includes provisions that prohibit Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender people of any age. Those changes, The Williams Institute warns, “would have…
Gov. Jared Polis signs bill protecting gender-affirming care coverage in Colorado
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs House Bill 25-1309 into law on May 23, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. The law prohibits health insurers to deny affirming care coverage. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline)Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation into law on Friday that codifies health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care. “Today, we’re sending a clear message: Coloradans will not let politics get in the way of medical care. As we face national…
House GOP Passes Bill Banning Government Funding for Sex Change Procedures
Ever feel like you’ve woken up in a version of America where common sense took a permanent vacation and forgot to leave a forwarding address?... The post House GOP Passes Bill Banning Government Funding for Sex Change Procedures appeared first on Patriot Journal.
Trump agenda bill would block Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care
A provision in House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” passed Thursday would ban Medicaid from covering gender-affirming health care for transgender people of all ages, a last-minute addition to the measure with the potential to upend care for hundreds of thousands of trans Americans. An earlier version of the bill would have also barred coverage for transition-related care, but only for minors. House Republican leadership unveiled the change …
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