Move blocking funds through Medicaid and Chip to make it harder for vulnerable children to get healthcare, experts say The Trump administration finalized a rule on Tuesday to end gender-affirming care through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Chip), a move that will make it harder for vulnerable children to access healthcare and that eschews evidence to advance an anti-transgender ideology, opponents say. The rule is set to take effect on 13 October – but legal challenges could delay or …

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    1 hour ago

    I doubt many of these were ever provided by Medicare. Plastic surgery in the form of breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy from breast cancer might be. That’s probably the best angle to show the double standard here, if trying to change the mind of someone who supports this anti-trans effort.