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Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care

By Selena Simmons-DuffinJuly 13, 2026·Source: NPR·2 views
Protestors rally for healthcare for transgender people at a march in June 2025 in Manhattan. NPR has learned the Trump administration shelved a plan to cut off all Medicare and Medicaid funding to any hospital that provided gender-affirming care to minors.

NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.

(Image credit: Erik McGregor)

Originally reported by NPR. Read the original article

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