NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be pushing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
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.
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RFK Jr. announced several proposals Thursday morning that would ban Medicaid and Medicare funds from going to hospitals that…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced new rules that restrict transgender minors' access to gender-affirming…
Critics warn that the Trump administration's statements against transgender healthcare contradict decades of research.
The Trump administration has reaffirmed its pursuit of a sweeping Medicare funding block on providers of pediatric…
The latest moves could set up a showdown between federal power and patient privacy laws.
