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Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care
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Selena Simmons-Duffin
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The Trump administration has decided not to finalize a rule that would have withheld Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals providing pediatric gender-affirming care. Legal experts suggest the move was likely due to the rule's potential illegality regarding federal control over the practice of medicine.
The Trump administration is abandoning its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally, according to an official document obtained by NPR.
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